How to open Nautilus at current command line directory?

Question

I was wondering if anybody knew a command that would allow me to open a Nautilus (if that's the right name for the Ubuntu 12.04 graphic/window explorer) window from the command line at the current directory that the user is at.

So, if I open a command line, and type:

cd /home/myUser/some/long/path/to/a/directory

Then, I'd like to be able to issue some command:

nautilus open-sesame

And have a graphic window opened to /home/myUser/some/long/path/to/a/directory. Is this even possible? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can type in the terminal:

cd /home/myUser/some/long/path/to/a/directory

An then

nautilus .

This will be open nautilus in the folder /home/myUser/some/long/path/to/a/directory (the period is the current directory)

Or in the Terminal just type:

nautilus /home/myUser/some/long/path/to/a/directory

Regards.

Answer 2

Consider also becoming more comfortable with working purely from the command line without needing to launch Nautilus. It is often quicker and more efficient to work from the command line.

If you are interested in the use of the command line in Linux, Ubuntu included, then a good introduction that is available both as a printed book as well as a free creative commons released ebook is The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts, Jr.