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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to list files and execute an action? Post 302362583 by bbbngowc on Friday 16th of October 2009 02:36:46 PM
Old 10-16-2009
what's the `ls`?

Let's say I'm seaching for *.txt, normally I would type:

Code:
for x in *.txt
do
something $x
something $x
done

I don't understand the for x in `ls`

---------- Post updated at 02:36 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:56 PM ----------

Thanks for the suggestions but this didn't solve the problem either. Thanks.
 

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XtAppAddActionHook(3)                                              XT FUNCTIONS                                              XtAppAddActionHook(3)

NAME
XtAppAddActionHook, XtRemoveActionHook - register an action hook procedure SYNTAX
XtActionHookId XtAppAddActionHook(XtAppContext app_context, XtActionHookProc proc, XtPointer client_data); void XtRemoveActionHook(XtActionHookId id); ARGUMENTS
app_context Specifies the application context. proc Specifies the action hook procedure. num_args Specifies the application-specific data to be passed to the action hook. DESCRIPTION
XtAppAddActionHook adds the specified procedure to the front of a list maintained in the application context. In the future, when an action routine is about to be invoked for any widget in this application context, either through the translation manager or via XtCallActionProc, the action hohok procedures will be called in reverse order of registration jut prior to invoking the action routine. Action hook procedures are removed automatically and the XtActionHookId s destroyed when the application context in which they were added is destroyed. XtRemoveActionHook removes the specified action hook procedure from the list in which it was registered. SEE ALSO
X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 libXt 1.1.3 XtAppAddActionHook(3)
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