Questions tagged [nautilus]
GNOME Files (formerly Nautilus) is the official file manager in GNOME.
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Why does Nautilus sort these files in this order?
In Nautilus (Debian 12, en_US.UTF-8, GNOME Files 43.2), the following eight files are sorted in the following order: - -1 -- --1 1 --a -a a To answer the question (Why does Nautilus sort these files ...
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Want access to root directory from remote computer via Dolphin or Gnome Files app
I am setting up a new computer in my home. Both my old computer and my new one run various flavors of Ubuntu Linux, the new one Kubuntu 24.04.1, the old one Ubuntu 24.04.1. There are certain files on ...
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Does Nautilius the file manager customizer allow one to right click and pass into a python function the file right clicked as argument without error?
I am working on creating a way to right click on an .eml file, right click, and have python pull two pieces of data from it and paste them into a new xlsx file and auto open the xlsx file. I would try ...
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Make iPhone documents show up automatically in Files on Debian 12 (Testing)
When using Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 11 and I plug in my iPhone 8 with a usb cable the Gnome Files app (and MATE's equivalent) show both iPhone's DCIM volume as well as the iPhone's documents (shared app ...
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Debian Testing - Gnome 47 - Nautilus doesn't start anymore. Why?
I am using Debian Testing. After an update, Nautilus doesn't start anymore. Launching it from terminal gives this: $ nautilus ** Message: 16:38:50.596: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner....
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Open terminal in directory open in file explorer
In GNOME, I wish to setup a shortcut to open terminal in presently viewing directory in the gui file explorer. The nautilus gui is opened from terminal by the command xdg-open ., but I'm not sure if I ...
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What free tool does Nautilus use to extract RAR files?
I have noticed that Nautilus (GNOME Files) can extract some RAR files that cannot be extracted using free packages like unrar-free or file-roller via CLI, nor using GUI tools like Engrampa or ...
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How exactly does Nautilus sort files by name?
I noticed that Nautilus(GNOME Files) does not fully sort alphabetically. $ touch 1 $ touch 2 $ touch 3 $ touch '!2' Then the files are displayed in the following order: !2 1 2 3. This is fully ...
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