Use this tool to copy a path to a file in a terminal if you want to paste it in a GUI.
The tool
- looksup the absolute path of the file
- formats a
file://uri - passes it to xclip with the target
text/uri-list
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Copies the path to a file as a URI to the clipboard. | |
| # This allows pasting the file in GUI applications. | |
| set -e | |
| if [ ! $# -eq 1 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $(basename $0) file" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| FILEPATH=$(realpath "$1") | |
| echo "file:///$FILEPATH" | xclip -i -selection clipboard -t text/uri-list | |
| exit $? |
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