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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script searches image files in a directory, opens them all with sxiv
+# and sets the first argument to the first image displayed by sxiv.
+#
+# This is supposed to be used in rifle.conf as a workaround for the fact that
+# sxiv takes no file name arguments for the first image, just the number.
+# Copy this file somewhere into your $PATH and add this at the top of rifle.conf:
+#
+#   mime ^image, has sxiv, X, flag f = sxivall.sh -- "$@"
+#
+
+[ "$1" == '--' ] && shift
+target="$(realpath -s "$1")"
+function listfiles {
+  find "$(dirname "$target")" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iregex '.*\(jpe?g\|bmp\|png\|gif\)$' -print0 | sort -z
+}
+
+count="$(listfiles | grep -m 1 -Zznx "$target" | cut -d: -f1)"
+
+if [ -n "$count" ]; then
+  listfiles | xargs -0 sxiv -n "$count" --
+else
+  sxiv -- "$@" # fallback
+fi