[Users] Q. re: tags (tagging locally-saved messages for use outside Claws)

[Victoria Stuart (gmail)]

Update: I've solved it, programmatically:

PROBLEM: tag a file, at the top of the file, with the base name of the parent directory.

SOLUTION 1 -- non-empty files:

    $ bn=${PWD##*/}    ## bn: basename

    $ sed -i '1s/^/'"$bn"'\n/' <filename>

SOLUTION 2a -- empty files:

    ## sed fails on empty files; solution:

    $ printf "${PWD##*/}\n" >> <filename>

SOLUTION 2b -- recurse over directory:

    $ for file in *; do printf "${PWD##*/}\n" >> $file; done

Posted at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9533679/how-to-insert-a-text-at-the-beginning-of-a-file/42989868#42989868

Gist: https://gist.github.com/victoriastuart/7457b2727d21a37b7a79eb9a957b988d