Working with command line (complexity for TC user)

[Joss]

Hi,

Sorry for my English, it's not my native language.

I'm TC user and now try to use XYplorer.
I could not find how I can run an app from command line and pass arguments (full file names from both panels) to it.

Use case - how I did it in TC (e.g. I want to compare two files or folders with Araxis Merge app):

1) Wrote "merge.exe " in TC command line. [command line looks like > merge.exe]
2) Selected first file on a left panel and pressed Ctrl-Enter [> merge.exe file1.cpp]
3) Selected second file on a right panel and pressed Shift-Ctrl-Enter [> merge.exe file1.cpp d:\test\file2.cpp]
3) Pressed Enter

Is it possible in XYplorer? All that I can it write "!merge.exe" in address line, then copy full file name from a panel to clipboard, past it to address line. But how can I add second argument (a file from another panel)?

Thanks!

[highend]

Create a button for it / a catalog entry or anything you want.

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$inactiveItem = get("Item", i);
	run """D:\Users\Highend\Tools\Beyond Compare\BCompare.exe"" ""<curitem>"" ""$inactiveItem""";

Change the path to your compare utility to fit your needs.

It will take the current focused file from the inactive pane and compare it with the current selected from the active one.

[serendipity]

These variables will also work:
Pane 1 item:

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<get item 1>

Pane 2 item:

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<get item 2>

[Joss]

Thanks guys!

[highend]

So you can combine it to only one line:

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run """D:\Users\Highend\Tools\Beyond Compare\BCompare.exe"" ""<get item 1>"" ""<get item 2>""";

Thanks serendipity!