I've just now found out about Spy, so this may be user error on my part, but I can't get Unix commands to work with the “F” key.

This is the error I receive
/bin/bash: /bin/file: No such file or directory
Continue:


To my understanding, I hit “F” then start typing my command, but the error above prevents me from doing this.

Also, just to be clear. The help for H8 mentions using “%” to reference tagged files. Can somebody give me a syntax example?

I'm using Ubuntu Studio 7.10 64 bit.

Thanks

Alanw
I've just now found out about Spy, so this may be user error on my part, but I can't get Unix commands to work with the “F” key.

This is the error I receive
/bin/bash: /bin/file: No such file or directory
Continue:


To my understanding, I hit “F” then start typing my command, but the error above prevents me from doing this.

Also, just to be clear. The help for H8 mentions using “%” to reference tagged files. Can somebody give me a syntax example?

I'm using Ubuntu Studio 7.10 64 bit.

Thanks

On my version of Ubuntu, file is in /usr/bin/file, not in /bin, so I think the default command is wrong (which is a bug :-)

From my ~/.spyrc

map f unix file %
map H unix houdini -geometry=1600x1200-0+0 %
map 1 jump =$HOME/Jobs


Oh, to test it out, you can type ‘:’ in spy, then type “map f unix file %”+<Enter>, then try it out…

Thanks Mark. I'm all set after adding the proper mapping to my .spyrc.

Spy is great by the way. It feels like my OS interaction just got a huge speed boost.

Yay, more spy users! Can't live without it now.

Is this the start of a spy renaissance?

All is see is a path with the following;
11:03
<Empty>

How do I begin to use spy ?

Not sure exactly where you are at, but you start by typing “spy” in a terminal in a Houdini environment.

mrCatfish
Not sure exactly where you are at, but you start by typing “spy” in a terminal in a Houdini environment.

I can start spy, I see; although extremely quickly in my terminal the words spy in ASCII. From there all I see is a path, the current system date and a tag <empty> ?

What is that which I'm seeing, and how to I begin to use spy ?

You could start by reading the help:

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/ref/utils/spy.html [www.sidefx.com]

The documentation would help, if I could get it started, as I mentioned in my post; when I start Spy, it only shows the SPY in ASCII then the following numerous times.

pcName-PC: //wsl$/Ubuntu/home/userName Fri Dec 27 16:25
<Empty>

The documentation would help, if I could get it started,

The link jsmack gave you works through your web browser

Christopher_R
The documentation would help, if I could get it started, as I mentioned in my post; when I start Spy, it only shows the SPY in ASCII then the following numerous times.

pcName-PC: //wsl$/Ubuntu/home/userName Fri Dec 27 16:25
<Empty>

Weird, did you start spy on windows linux subsystem? Maybe stick to starting it from the command line tools (dos prompt).

@jsmack - It works in command, but not in WSL; also I realized my IDE destroys the layout of spy, compared to when I use it in a native command shell.