config/nautilus/scripts-accels (i.e., a file named script-accels in the folder nautilus under the hidden folder. With your text editor, open, or create if it does not yet exist, a file. Right-click the script file in Files, select 'Properties' (or just press Alt+ Enter with the file selected) and on the 'Permissions' tab, check 'Execute:'.Ĥ. You can choose any file name, but be aware that the file name is what will appear as entry under your Scripts menu. local/share/nautilus/scripts) with the name Copy Path. Save the text file in the nautilus scripts folder (. The perl construct is there to remove the last hard return. Open your text editor, paste following text #!/bin/bashĮcho -n '$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS' | perl -pe 'chomp if eof' | xsel -b -i

Any executable scripts you put in that folder will appear in a 'Scripts' menu that will appear in your right-click menu of Files.Ģ.

local folder in Files, select 'Show hidden files' (or press Ctrl+ h). If not yet available, create a nautilus scripts folder under.

To have both optimal keyboard access and optimal mouse access, you can always install both the script and the Python extension.ġ. The drawback is that one more click is required to select the entry with the mouse. In contrast, one can easily assign a hotkey to a nautilus script. While Python extensions are neatly integrated, there is no easy way (that I discovered) to assign them a keyboard shortcut or at least a menu accelerator key. Power users prefer to keep their hands on the keyboard, though. It provides you with a right-click menu item to copy the path, but does not provide the ability to achieve that with a hotkey. If just using the mouse to copy the path is OK for you, it is sufficient to install the python extension nautilus-copypath. You can work around by installing either a Nautilus Python extension or a Nautilus script. Power users thus can no longer conveniently copy paste the pathname from Files to a terminal or editor, or a File - Open/Save dialog. Rather than, like before, just the path name: /home/user/Documents/299867.jpg As a result, copying a file will fill the clipboard with x-special/nautilus-clipboard As of Files (nautilus) 3.32, the clipboard operation has changed to accommodate the Gnome Shell 'Desktop Icons' extension.

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