The scripts do seem to work for me with a few test files. You could add "set
-x" to the top of the script and it will output all the commands being
executed. That might give you an idea what is going wrong.
processtxt.sh
----
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -x
directory="$1/*.txt"
for f in $directory
do
echo "Processing $f..."
fullfile="$f"
filename=$(basename "$fullfile")
filename_woext="${filename%.*}"
sed -i '' "s/#BASENAME#/$filename_woext/g" $fullfile
done
----
% ./processtxt.sh files
+ directory='files/*.txt'
+ for f in '$directory'
+ echo 'Processing files/testing1.txt...'
Processing files/testing1.txt...
+ fullfile=files/testing1.txt
++ basename files/testing1.txt
+ filename=testing1.txt
+ filename_woext=testing1
+ sed -i '' s/#BASENAME#/testing1/g files/testing1.txt
[fletcher]
> On Jul 17, 2025, at 5:46 AM, Bill Kochman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Greetings List,
>
> I have an old shell script which I needed to use today and ran into a problem
> which I haven’t been able to figure out. I still have the BBEdit help file I
> wrote for myself years ago, but the instructions don’t seem to be working. I
> have two versions of the script, one for .txt files, and one for .html files.
>
> I have been trying to use the script to add the file name of each file to the
> top and bottom of over 700 BBEdit files. However, after dropping the shell
> script into the Terminal window, and then dragging the selected folder full
> of files to the Terminal, and then removing the ending space and hitting my
> return key, I get an error for every single file in the folder which says “no
> such file or folder found".
>
> I have placed the script both on the desktop, as well as in my Home folder.
> Likewise, I have done the same for the folder containing the 700+ BBEdit
> files. But no matter what I do, or where I place the script and folder, I
> still keep getting the error.
> I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
>
> I am currently running Sequoia 15.5 on a 2023 Apple Studio if that is of any
> help.
>
> Did Apple do something which makes these two scripts no longer work properly,
> or am I just forgetting how to do this properly?
>
> Below is the contents of both scripts. They are identical except for the fact
> that one has “html" in it, while the other has “txt" in it.
>
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>
> directory="$1/*.txt"
> for f in $directory
> do
> echo "Processing $f..."
> fullfile="$f"
> filename=$(basename "$fullfile")
> filename_woext="${filename%.*}"
> sed -i '' "s/#BASENAME#/$filename_woext/g" $fullfile
> done
>
>
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>
> directory="$1/*.html"
> for f in $directory
> do
> echo "Processing $f..."
> fullfile="$f"
> filename=$(basename "$fullfile")
> filename_woext="${filename%.*}"
> sed -i '' "s/#BASENAME#/$filename_woext/g" $fullfile
> done
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Bill Kochman
>
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