Batch file or whatever you want to call it

[Txnca]

Does Linux have a easy scripting language like DOS/Windows Batch files? If so, where can I find information about the commands and syntax of it? Or maybe you can just help me make a script that will do what I need it to do.

What I am trying to do is when I download a specific type of file from the net with Firefox, that it will run this "file"(Which is really just command) which will send the information to another program. And before you say, 'Well Firefox does that already", yes it does, but not for what I need it to do. The exact ting I need it to do is when I download a torrent file, that it runs this command:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/dad/.wine" wine "I:\uTorrent\utorrent.exe"

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve

[maguire.brendan]

There are a number of scripting languages you can use in Linux for this sort of task. The most appropriate here would be bash (just google it, loads of info out there).

So create your script. Make it executable:

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chmod +x your_script

Then tell firefox to open .torrent files with your script from now on.

Also, is there a particular reason you want to use uTorrent? There are loads of good alternatives out there. KTorrent and Transmission spring to mind.

[vincent]

I believe that Linux shell scripts would probably be the equivalent of Windows batch files, and the GNU Bourne-Again Shell (commonly referred to as bash) is most often used to run those scripts (bash also interprets the commands you input to a Terminal).

For some basic bash commands: http://ss64.com/bash/
This might also prove helpful: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Bas ... HOWTO.html

Try this out first, to get a feel of bash and shell scripts. Create a file named "hello.sh" in your /home/<user> directory with the following contents:

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#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello, world."

Then, in a terminal, type:

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chmod +x hello.sh
./hello.sh

You should get "Hello, world." as an output in your terminal.

Of course, there's a lot more you can do...I'll leave it up to you to create your own shell script for Firefox and torrents.

One small note: there is no native Linux version of uTorrent, so you'll have to run it in Wine, but I'm not sure if it works or not like that. Give Transmission a try...it's the default BitTorrent client installed in Linux Mint.

[Txnca]

Also, is there a particular reason you want to use uTorrent? There are loads of good alternatives out there. KTorrent and Transmission spring to mind.

I haven't seen KTorrent, but I have seen Transmission, and frankly I wasn't impressed. It seems like it was out of the dark ages. i am sure that it is a good bit torrent client but I prefer uTorrent. I will take the time to look at a few others, since you mentioned KTorrent I will take a look at it. I used to use Azureus, but then it was taken over by Vuze and it is crap now. So I started looking around and found uTorrent and it is an excellent client and it is very small, something I really like about it.

Steve

[BrianD]

steve --

you might also check out Deluge, which is quite popular... and qBittorrent, which is quite capable.

[maguire.brendan]

I've not used uTorrent but a lot of reviews consider KTorrent as the (better?) Linux alternative to uTorrent.

http://www.aeonity.com/frost/ktorrent-l ... lternative
http://digg.com/linux_unix/ktorrent_uto ... _for_linux

At the end of the day choice is key. Use whatever suits you best and if uTorrent over wine is the best solution then continue as is.

Good luck with the script.

[mick55]

you might also check out Deluge

+1

[Txnca]

Thanks guys! Appreciate the input. I see Deludge(x2, ), qBittorrent, and KTorrent. I'll give them all a look see. I don't have a problem with checking out new software. Never can tell when you will find that one piece of software that you can't live without!

Steve