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fixit

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This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show SOLVED

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This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show the full pathname and filename of a highlighted file. This is not working

readlink -f %f > filename_path.txt && geany filename.txt_path && rm filename_fath.txt

This give the filename of a highlighted file.

basename %f > filename.txt && geany filename.txt && rm filename.txt

This works from a terminal

readlink -f sm_scratches.jpg
/home/andy/Downloads/sm_scratches.jpg

Last edited by fixit (2024-09-26 22:22:55)

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show SOLVED

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This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show the full pathname and filename of a highlighted file. This is not working

readlink -f %f > filename_path.txt && geany filename.txt_path && rm filename_fath.txt

This give the filename of a highlighted file.

basename %f > filename.txt && geany filename.txt && rm filename.txt

This works from a terminal

readlink -f sm_scratches.jpg
/home/andy/Downloads/sm_scratches.jpg

Why not just right-click the file, select Properties, and view the "Link Target" field? If you're trying to edit the file with geany, just double-click or use "Open with"? It will resolve the link for you.

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fixit

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Re: This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show SOLVED

It won't work for what I need. I want the full path with the filename so I copy and paste it.

readlink will do that but I can not get it to work with a thunar custom action.

Last edited by fixit (2024-09-26 17:58:51)

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ToZ

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From: Canada

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Posts: 11,417

Re: This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show SOLVED

What version of Thunar are you running? It works for me once I fix the errors in your filenames of your command.

Instead of:

readlink -f %f > filename_path.txt && geany filename.txt_path && rm filename_fath.txt

...try:

readlink -f %f > filename_path.txt && geany filename_path.txt && rm filename_path.txt

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fixit

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Re: This is a thunar custom action. I am trying to get it to show SOLVED

Thanks administrator from Canada.

It works perfect. :-)

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