Iterate/Loop over selected files/folders and use them in terminal

[webdevsk]

So I'm trying to create a menu item which will let me copy each folder using Windows built in Robocopy application. I can already use the following script to copy a single folder. But I don't know how to achieve this when I select multiple folders.

Working script for a single file: ( " is used to escape quotes in terminal )

$directory_prompt="Please enter the directory path."
item(title='Copy' cmd='pwsh.exe' args='-noexit -command $path = Read-Host @directory_prompt; roboCopy \"@sel.path\" \"$path\\@sel.name\" /E /R:30 /MT:16 /ETA')

So the terminal application receives this:

-noexit -command $path = Read-Host "Please enter the directory path."; roboCopy "D:\foldername" "$path\foldername" /E /R:30 /MT:16 /ETA

If I were to explain this in Javascript, I want something like this:

const commandToExecute = "$path = Read-Host @directory_prompt;"

selectedFolders.map(folder => {
// Iterate over each and append them to the commandToExecute variable
commandToExecute + ` roboCopy \"${folder.path}\" \"$path\\${folder.name}\";`
})
executeInTerminal(commandToExecute)

Is it possible to achieve something like this in the current version 1.9.18?

[RubicBG]

I don't use Robocopy, someone asked me to help build snippet for him (the logic is not mine)

menu(title='robocopy' mode='multiple' type='file|dir|back.dir') {
	$rc_memory=null
	item(title='Copy Files Only' mode='multiple' type='file' image=icon.copy
		cmd=for(i=0, i<sel.count) {
			if(i==0, rc_memory=null)
			rc_memory = rc_memory + 'robocopy ' + quote(if(sel[i].type==1, path.parent(sel[i]), sel[i])) + ' ' + quote('####') + if(sel[i].type==1, ' ' + quote(path.file.name(sel[i])) )  +  if(i<sel.count-1, ' & ') })
	item(title='Copy' mode='multiple' type='file|dir' image=icon.copy
		cmd=for(i=0, i<sel.count) {
			if(i==0, rc_memory=null)
			// if(i==0, if(keys.shift() and len(rc_memory)>0,  { rc_memory = rc_memory + ' & ' } , { rc_memory=null } ))
			rc_memory = rc_memory
				+ if(sel[i].type==1, 'robocopy ' + quote(path.parent(sel[i])) + ' ' + quote('####') + ' ' + quote(path.name(sel[i])))
				+ if(sel[i].type==3, 'robocopy ' + quote(sel[i]) + ' ' + quote('####\' + path.name(sel[i])) + ' /E')
				+ if(i<sel.count-1, ' & ') })
	menu(mode='single' where=len(rc_memory)>0 type='dir|back.dir' expanded='true') {
		item(title='Check Memory'	image=\ue249
			cmd=msg(str.replace(rc_memory, '####', sel)))
		item(title='Clear Memory'	image=\ue249
			cmd={ rc_memory=null })
		item(title='Paste'			image=icon.paste
			cmd-line='/k ' + str.replace(rc_memory, '####', sel) + ' & pause & exit')
		item(title='Paste (hidden)' image=icon.paste commands {
			cmd-line='/c ' + str.replace(rc_memory, '####', sel) window='hidden',
			cmd=msg('Done!') })
	}
}

you will need

• mode='multiple'
• for(i=0, i<sel.count) { }

[webdevsk]

A big applause to the developer and many thanks to you. This is all I needed