How to open a file manager of the current directory in the terminal?

Question

When I work in terminal, sometimes I want to open the current directory in a GUI file manager. And then to click the items in the window to run the application. How can I do this?

Answer 1

The following works in all desktop environments by using the default file manager:

xdg-open .

You can also open files from the terminal as if you had double clicked them in the file manager:

xdg-open file

Answer 2

You write nautilus [path]. for current directory -

nautilus .

Answer 3

Problem

This tip will explain How to open a file manager of the current directory in the terminal

Solution 1

The following works in all desktop environments by using the default file manager:

xdg-open .

Solution 2

You can also open files from the terminal as if you had double clicked them in the file manager:

xdg-open file

Solution 3

If you are using Gnome, you can use the gnome-open command, like so:

gnome-open .

Solution 4

You can use nautilus [path]. for current directory -

nautilus .

Answer 4

I found the program Hotwire-shell very useful to do this you can navigate in it graphically then use it to run terminal commands in that directory. https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/oneiric/hotwire/

Answer 5

If you are using GNOME, you can use the gnome-open command, like so:

gnome-open .