propagate file extension to newly created temporary files

wofr06 · Jan 28, 2024 · 41b6334 · 41b6334
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************
 # ChangeLog for lesspipe.sh						   #
 ****************************************************************************
+- propagate file extension to newly created temporary files
 - use again csvlook for display of csv files if available
 - use csvtable for tabular display of csv files, needs Text::CSV from perl
 Version 2.11 Dec 13 2023

diff --git a/lesspipe.sh b/lesspipe.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ filetype () {
 		declare t
 		t=$(nexttmp)
 		head -c 1000000 > "$t" 2>/dev/null
+		[[ -z $fileext ]] && fname="$t" || fname="$fileext"
 		set "$t" "$2"
-		fname="$fileext"
 	fi
 	fext=$(fileext "$fname")
 	### get file type from mime type
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ separatorline () {
 }
 
 nexttmp () {
-	declare new="$tmpdir/lesspipe.$RANDOM"
+	declare new="$tmpdir/lesspipe.$RANDOM.${ft%%:*}"
 	echo "$new"
 }