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I want to be able to select a file, enter a command and have it return the current location of the file selected in a terminal.

Tim
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  • unclear. Be specific. How did you open that file? – Avinash Raj Jun 02 '14 at 16:14
  • I have just clicked on it in nautilus, it has the orange selection, I haven't opened it. – Tim Jun 02 '14 at 16:20
  • What is the use case? Are you trying to automate something, or is it just a convenience? – l0b0 Jun 02 '14 at 16:26
  • It is to copy the file to a shared folder when I drag it to the side of the screen. – Tim Jun 02 '14 at 16:27
  • @Tim, What's the deference, adding that shared folder to bookmakes on side panel. It seems same, you just need to drag it (with Ctrl key pressed for copying) – user.dz Jun 02 '14 at 16:43
  • Simply user preference, and it would be more in keeping with the way I have my desktop set up. – Tim Jun 02 '14 at 16:46
  • To reference a previous thread - link[enter link description here][1] [1]: http://askubuntu.com/questions/293566/open-terminal-from-nautilus-by-right-click Hope this helps! – 48656c6c6f2c20776f726c6421 Jun 02 '14 at 17:23

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If you want to get a file name into a terminal program, you should be able to use either mouse drag'n'drop or Ctrl-c and Ctrl-(Shift-)v to copy/paste it into an editor/terminal.

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  • Is there a way without dragging it to the terminal, just having it selected, then executing a command to display the location there? – Tim Jun 02 '14 at 16:19
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I think the best thing to fit here is a nautilus plugin.

  1. Install python-nautilus

    sudo apt-get install python-nautilus

  2. Create a plugin "TestExtension.py"

    sudo nano /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/TestExtension.py

    This extension will call your script whenever the selection changes and pass the selection one by one as second command argument $1:

    from gi.repository import Nautilus, GObject
import os

class ColumnExtension(GObject.GObject, Nautilus.MenuProvider):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def menu_activate_cb(self, menu, file):
        print "menu_activate_cb",file

    def get_file_items(self, window, files):

        for file in files:
            uri = file.get_uri()
            if uri.startswith("file:///"):
                os.system("yourscript_path"+" \""+uri[7:]+"\"")

        return

    Or you may make a list, combine them as single string, then export it as env variable. So current selection will be accessible for all other scripts. (security hole)

  3. Kill nautilus

    pkill nautilus

Reference:

user.dz
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