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I want to use nautilus actions with my own script which I have usually started successfully with open-terminal and pasting the command (s. below) directly in the terminal.

for file in *.mp4; do mkdir "${file%.mp4}"; mv "${file}" ./"${file%.mp4}"; done

Using nautilus config tool now, I do not know how to insert the command in the dedicated field (see picture 1) or how to write an adequate bash script file (see picture 2). Can someone give a hint?

Picture 1: attempt to load script (below) over .gnome2/nautilus-scripts enter image description here

Picture 2: attempt to write a script enter image description here

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  • You're splitting the mv command over 2 lines: don't do that.
    – glenn jackman
    Sep 12, 2014 at 13:17
  • Ah, this was just a avoidable copy 'n' paste mistake. Thank you, Glenn! But it gives me the following error message (in spanish): mv: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre «*.mp4»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
    – Til Hund
    Sep 12, 2014 at 20:19

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You're in a directory with no mp4 files. When a glob pattern (like *.mp4) does not match any files, the pattern is treated as a literal string ("*.mp4")

In bash you do this to replace a pattern that matches no files with the empty string:

shopt -s nullglob

So, it seems that your script is not running in the directory you think it should be running in. You might want to add a echo $PWD line to debug.

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  • Thank you very much, Glenn, that you take your time to answer to me! But I am not quite sure if I can follow: Why would the command in question function when I use it by copy 'n' pasting it into a terminal which I led via cd to the directory with the mp4 inside, but would not when I use the bash script above which I have used in the same directory with the mp4 file inside?
    – Til Hund
    Sep 13, 2014 at 14:48
  • When nautilus runs it, how sure are you what directory the script is running in? Do you think you know, or are you sure you know?
    – glenn jackman
    Sep 13, 2014 at 22:05
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Problem solved with cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $0)), see link here. :)

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