# Batch processing with Kakoune

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/batch-processing-with-kakoune/620>\
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**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/batch-processing-with-kakoune/620 "2019-06-11T22:09:50Z")\
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> [@danr](#):
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> I really like how it returns a shell file `output.sh` for inspecting and editing/customizing the commands

Yeah, this is such a great pattern, I really wish more stuff would follow it. [Ruplacer](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ruplacer-find-and-replace-text-in-source-files/1499) makes a diff as the output to run or inspect (it also has a --go to just do it).

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