more features for termux-storage-get

[knyipab]

This goal of this request is to enrich termux-storage-get to what "Open ..." and "Open Folder ..." usually do in PC, while keeping backward compatibility.

• high backward compatibility (termux-storage-get output-name works as usual)
• print URIs in JSON array (or line format with -l), resolves part of discussion in termux-storage-get should have the options to run synchronously and retain original filename. #199
• when output-name is not present, only print out URIs
• synchronous call (wait until finish, should resovle termux-storage-get don't blocks on android9 #367, part of termux-storage-get should have the options to run synchronously and retain original filename. #199
• open folder
• persistable permission grant (persist after reboot)
• supprot to get multiple file (accompany with output-name patterns like %d, %8d, %08d)
• specify MIME type

See show_usage() of pull request on termux-api-package for more detailed usage.

[knyipab]

The folder function highly resembles SAF one, but termux-storage-get focuses on the concept of "Open ...", or perhaps termux-storage-get should be better do this job.

Also, let's consider this use case: user can pick one or multiple file(s) calling termux-storage-get, get URI(s) from stdout, and then manipulate the file URI(s) with termux-saf-* functions.

Therefore, please consider to adopt the changes, perhaps partly. Or even integrating it SAF as something like termux-saf-open would also be great.

[tareksander]

I haven't tried it out but the code looks good to me.

[cunlem]

Wow this looks super useful. So many missing features have been implemented. Any chance we get this thing merged?

[tathastu871]

This seems incredibely useful. Termux is all about automation at first for most users rather than using seperate app that cost money like tasker.

storage-get from api lib can allow to open file picker and selected multiple files by user gets return as realpath as array we can do a lot of file operations

currently we have to lean upon bash select menus or tui tools like dialog etc but thats not easy option specially for novice. Also when we have to select files scattered in long list of 100s of files in directory scrolling and selecting files in tui is tedious

leveraging android ui file picker allows quickly selecting scatterred files in folder

if Devs just implement activity manager like tool but which supports getActivityResult() it would open a hell lot of ui automation facilities using termux

hope some dev reads this and takes some initiative

@Grimler91
sorry to ping dev just needed your attention to this