On 10/19/18 18:27, Ed Greshko wrote:
I think you want your script to open up a separate window with a list of files 
in a
directory when you double-click
a launcher.

I didn't use the same directory since I don't have it.  But I created some file 
in /tmp
starting with 2018.  And I use this
form of the script.

#!/bin/bash
# SambaFiles

cd /tmp

xfce4-terminal -H -x ls -clr 2018* &

And created a launcher for that.  Works fine.

Also, I think you meant to type "ls -clr" and not "ls -ctr"?
.
-c     with  -lt:  sort  by, and show, ctime (time of last modification of file status information); with               -l: show ctime and sort by name; otherwise: sort by ctime, newest first
-r, --reverse
              reverse order while sorting

I often do "ll -ctr" to produce an ascending sort by time, get the most recent at the bottom of a long list where I can see what I have just downloaded ... There may be a more elegant way but it works for me, e.g. digital audio book files that I have to put on a flash drive to use them.

Yes, the -H is used to hold the window open.

.
Now I have:

#!/bin/bash
# SambaFiles

cd /tmp
xfce4-terminal --maximize -H -x  ls -ctr /mnt/box48/2018* &

And that works nicely.

When I tried to show my daughter the video clips the VLC gui refused to work! I decided I needed a convenient way to use vlc despite that problem. I suspect viewing the rtsp cameras leaves vlc in some condition that I can't view the iPhone videos, I need to test that hypothesis.

Anyway this scheme works reliably. I can pick a file from the list it produces and open it with vlc in a terminal. That in white text on black which I prefer.

Thank you for the help,

--
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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