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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 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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Is it possible to assign/change custom icons for files in a batch / from commandline?

Actually, I'm talking about icons for Nautilus Scripts, and I have many of them. Although I prefer menus without icons, I cannot prevent icons from being displayed in Nautilus context menu items Open With and Scripts. Particularly, having the same…
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Scripts missing in Nautilus context menu after update from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04

After updating Ubuntu from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, the scripts entry in Nautilus context (right-click) menu is missing. I do have a ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/ directory containing scripts. The script where working before the update. Any idea?
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can not run vlc from shell script

I am trying to develop a nautilus script which read selected filepath and en-queue in vlc player. Problem is if filename is space separated then we need to add extra '\' in file name. But when i run the vlc with filename, vlc can not read file. When…
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