Scripting question (testing file extension)

[willhunt]

I use the address bar in icewm because it is a very handy command line
so I found this little script that opens a file choose window

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#!/bin/sh

FILE=`Xdialog --title "Whats Next!" --fselect / 28 58 2>&1`

case $? in
   0)
      $1 "$FILE" ;;

   1)
      echo "Cancel pressed.";;
   255)
      echo "Box closed.";;
esac 

I would call it from the address bar with the application
I wanted to use
pick gxine
I would like for it to choose itself what application to use
but the only hint I was able to find was to change it to something like this

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#!/bin/sh

FILE=`Xdialog --title "Whats Next!" --fselect / 28 58 2>&1`

case $? in
   0)
if [ "${FILE##*.}" = "mp3" ]
then
      xmms "$FILE" ;;
elif  [ "${FILE##*.}" = "avi" ]
then
      gxine "$FILE"
elif
   1)
      echo "Cancel pressed.";;
   255)
      echo "Box closed.";;
esac 

there's gotta be a better way to test the extension so I could
only have to define the application once something like this

if [ "${FILE##*.}" = "mp3" or "wav" or "ogg"]

I know this is not a puppy question but help would be greatly apperciated

[Dougal]

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case $? in
   0)
     case "$FILE" in
      *.mp3) xmms "$FILE" ;;
      *.avi) gxine "$FILE" ;;
     esac
     ;;
   1)
      echo "Cancel pressed.";;
   255)
      echo "Box closed.";;
esac 

[MU]

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a="test.wav"


check=`echo "$a" | sed "s/.*\(mp3\|wav\|ogg\)$/MUSIC/"`

if [ "$check" == "MUSIC" ];then
  xmms "$a"
  exit 0;
fi

check=`echo "$a" | sed "s/.*\(wmv\|avi\|mpg\)$/VIDEO/"`


if [ "$check" == "VIDEO" ];then
  mplayer "$a"
  exit 0;
fi

Mark

[GuestToo]

this should open a file exactly as if you clicked the file in a Rox window ... that is, Rox will open the file with whatever Run Action has been configured in Rox (for example a text file, might open with Geany or Leafpad, a music file might open with Gxine or Xmms ... whatever the Run Action is set to:

rox "$FILE"

it opens it as a background process, so you don't need to end the command line with a &

[willhunt]

Thank you all for your help
I tried all the soloutions they were all great I could not get the sed command to work the first timde but that is the one I will use as it makes the smallest file without haveing to change the default prg for the file