I started working with the command line, and it is going fine so far, however, I do a lot of actions at once and managing the long list is becoming difficult.
What I wish, is being able to supply a (textual) script file with actions and comments to inkscape (something like "mysql < myscript.sql"). However, though such an option seems natural to me, I could not find it so far. Did I oversee something? Or it is somehow indented and we should continue using bash scripts, splitting commands into lines?
Beyond the Basics Does command line accept a script file?
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Dear Inkscapers,
I started working with the command line, and it is going fine so far, however, I do a lot of actions at once and managing the long list is becoming difficult.
What I wish, is being able to supply a (textual) script file with actions and comments to inkscape (something like "mysql < myscript.sql"). However, though such an option seems natural to me, I could not find it so far. Did I oversee something? Or it is somehow indented and we should continue using bash scripts, splitting commands into lines?
Thank you!
Sergej
Inkscape has a shell mode, designed to work faster:
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Using_the_Command_Line#Shell_mode
If you are using windows - this thread might be useful :
https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/passing-a-batch-file-to-inkscape-in-shell-mode/#c26221
also I would use powershell over windows cmd due to character limitation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/command-line-string-limitation
Thank you, inklinea,
it is a little workaround, but does the thing!
Best
Sergej