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An executable shell script for nautilus

A nautilus script is an executable shell script that is placed in a special scripts directory so that the Nautilus graphical shell can find it. This allows you to extend the functionality the the file browser to do just about anything.

Scripts are invoked by selecting a file or group of files, and right-clicking with the mouse, to bring up a context menu. One of the options in this menu is the 'Scripts' submenu, which allows you to select a script to invoke on the selected files.

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How to get IMDb info in Nautilus properties?

I want to see IMDb information about movie files on my Nautilus properties screen, using Nautilus scripts or actions. It's a really complex thing to do, I understand that, but the article Extending Nautilus Context Menus using Nautilus Actions,…
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How can I install a Nautilus script?

I found a nautilus script I would like to use. How do I install it?
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How to open Nautilus directory in current Terminal?

I don't like to have dozens of terminals opened. Is there a way to add Open in current Terminal instead of Open in Terminal when using Nautilus?
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How To Rename Multiple Photos and Videos Based on EXIF Data?

I often import photos and videos (mostly having JPG and MOV extensions) from digital cameras and tablets to my PC, and I would ideally like to see them sorted according to the dates and times they were taken already present in their EXIF data. And…
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How to get Nautilus-scripts working Nautilus?

How to get Nautilus-scripts (Terminal here, Root Nautilus, Root Gedit) working on Ubuntu 13.04? I copied those scripts to .gnome2/nautilus-scripts folder but it dose not seem to work anymore
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How to set folder icons of multiple folders automatically?

How to set the first picture of every folder as its folder icon? The question linked above has an answer consisting a script which has been working for me. It just needs a little improvement. What does it do? It finds files with .jpg, .jpeg, .png,…
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Can I make nautilus show book covers as thumbnails for Epub files?

The Problem Can I make nautilus show thumbnails of book covers for files in .epub format? It shows thumbnails for pdf files but not .epub. Is this achievable by adding a thumbnailer? Each of these .epub files has a cover.jpeg file inside…
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How do I make a custom right click command for nautilus?

Possible Duplicate: How to customize the context menu in Nautilus? I'm trying to make a Mark as executable command for the right click in nautilus for a faster work flow. I came up with this script: #! /bin/bash for file in…
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How to open a folder in a new pane in Nautilus?

When I rightclick a folder in Nautilus I find these options "Open in New Window" and "Open in New Tab". Is it possible to add an option "Open in New Pane" which would open the selected folder in a new pane as it appears when I press F3? What would…
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Script to merge Video and subs then delete the existing files (non recursive)

I've been using mkvmerge to merge a video file and subtitles, I'm using the following command mkvmerge -o output.mkv video.mp4 subtitles.srt Which is working fine but as you can probably guess this is really slow operation I've to open terminal in…
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Nautilus - no support for hard links?

I finally got round to studying and understanding hard links in my quest to check I have understood the basics, of which I have managed to skip a lot of. After realizing how brilliant they are, I wonder why there isn't better support for them in…
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(Nautilus Scripts) $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS; have problems with space

So the script is: #!/bin/bash for line in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS; do if [[ "$line" = "" || "$line" = " " ]]; then exit else unzip "$line" -d "temp" fi done It works well and unzips the file. But if the file is…
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Nautilus tags/labels/marks/columns for folders/files

Is there any way how to mark folders or files with tags(or labels, new columns or whatever) in Nautilus? It would be nice to sort marked folders or files through this tags. Especially my first idea was to mark folders in my Movie directory with…
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Nautilus sftp via command line

I regularly connect to a server via ssh. Lately I've started copying files to and from it, and I find scp very annoying, mainly because bash cannot auto complete over ssh. I find the connect to server... option very useful, as I can drag and drop…
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How do I use 7zip GUI on UBuntu 24.04

I installed Ubuntu 24.04. I installed 7ZIP-Desktop. Tried various install methods including APT and SNAP. I cannot figure out how to invoke p7zip-desktop using Nautilus under Ubuntu or Ubuntu-Flashback.
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