Far Manager file view customization

Question

maybe some of you use Far Manager as a file manager and could help me with this. I want to be able to call a custom command on viewing a file with a specific extension, i.e. when I press F3 (command for viewing the contents of a file), some custom command is executed on that file and the output is shown in Far Manager's view window.

Appreciate any ideas.

Answer 1

Found what I need - under Commands > File associations need to create new entry with needed file mask, then under View command (used for F3) add this - far:view < your command.

I wanted this to be able to view decompiled Java class files, so I did this:

• file mask: *.class
• view command: far:view < jad -p !.!