File managers provide either a GUI or CLI for interfacing with the file system.
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App like DOS navigator for Ubuntu?
Dos Navigator was a very popular file manager for DOS / old Win. Something like Like Norton Commander, but waaay better in terms of feature support, and especially usability/UI.
I was wondering if ...
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Design interface for file system [closed]
Interview Question : Design data structure and algorithm to implement API's that interface between the user file system and the native file system.
Not sure what User file system and native file ...
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Display folder sizes in file manager
In nautilus (or nemo) file manager, the "Size" column shows the filesize for files and the number of items contained in a folder for subdirectories:
Number of items is not that important for me, it ...
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How to use 'dired' as default file manager (instead of Nautilus)?
I use Emacs dired-mode as file manager and like it a lot. I am wondering if the following is possible: Say you write an Email from Gmail in Chrome (I know that there are many email clients in Emacs, ...
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How do I view contents of Android(4.1.2) folders on Ubuntu?
Hello AskUbuntu Community! I am hoping you will be able to help me, or help me help you help me! I am trying to access my music stored on the external MicroSD card on my Samsung Android SGH-T699 via ...
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Disabling CD-DRIVE checking, while using a file manager
Every time I open a file manager like dolphin, CD/DVD-DRIVE is checked. So I have to wait until the CD-DRIVE checking ends completely.
Is there any option to disable this checking (except when I go ...
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getting error when trying to use dolphin instead of Nautilus
I am getting the following error while trying to use dolphin instead of Nautilus.
"Failed to execute child process "/usr/share/applications/kde4/dolphin.desktop" (Permission denied)"
I used the ...
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How to sort by type and then by modified in Nautilus?
How to automatically sort by type and then by modified in file manager?
Using 13.04 and Gnome 3.8
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Desktop issue with Gnome Ubuntu 13.04
I have been using Gnome Ubuntu 13.04 for a week. I updated to Gnome 3.8 and all is well. Not happy with Nautilus 3.6 in Unity or Gnome Ubuntu I try PCmanFM. My system begins to reboot at will, ...
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File operations freezes
Got newest Ubuntu 13 with all updates and when copying files to my 32GB sd card, the file operations freezes just before it finishes and it does not complete. Files greater than 10mb do this, anything ...
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Is there any File manager that highlights names that are searched for?
When in Chrome or other new web browsers, a word is searched in a page, all occurrences of the word is highlighted. I need a similar functionality for a File Manager. I tested Nautilus and Dolphin. I ...
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How can I assign custom icons to folders persistently?
Windows Explorer doesn't stand a chance vs Nautilus for so many obvious reasons.
But there is a thing I don't understand. How did windows manage to write the icon on a folder so that the icon ...
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Missing files have disappeared
I extracted my files from a memory card and put them in a folder, formatted my memory card, and after restart the files are not in the folder on the hard disk. Is there a way to return them?
I ...
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Any way to revert the behavior of typing in Files?
In the default file manager in Ubuntu 13.04, typing produces different behavior: It used to try to match what you type as a prefix to some file in the current directory; now, it initiates what looks ...
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Is it possible to use the Backspace key in Nautilus 3.6 to return to the previous directory?
If there is something that I'm really addicted is in pushing the Backspace key every time I want to return to the previous directory in the old file manager (Nautilus), but now with Files I can't do ...
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File manager or plugin with automatic CRC verification (similar to TeraCopy)
I'm looking for a file manager or a plugin for an existing one that automatically verifies files after copying or moving using a checksum. It needs to be a set-up-and-forget option that works with ...
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Extra pane (split view) in file manager [duplicate]
The latest version of Nautilus (called now Files) removed the extra pane feature (F3).
I really miss this, so I've been looking some other file manager and found pcmanfm. It's very lightweight and ...
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Is there a different file-manager available for 13.04? [duplicate]
I don't really need to make a list of whats wrong with 3.6, cause my guess is, we probably have a identical list.
question: Is there a different file-manager that also writes the desktop, and has ...
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Why is folder navigation slow in Ubuntu 12.10?
When I navigate in my folders it's very slow. Sometimes it's fast sometimes it's slow. The strange thing is that only the folder navigation is slow, because my Unity is very fast.
My PC Specs:
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How to make Krusader use the terminal emulator box upon typing (instead of quicksearch)?
I'm trying to get Krusader to work like Total Commander - when I start typing, this should be a command in the terminal emulator box, rather than the Quicksearch function. Is this possible?
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How can I mount a ssh folder in Ubuntu
I am trying to mount a ssh folder in my Ubuntu account.
I tried following this page:
http://howto.blbosti.com/2010/09/mount-a-remote-ssh-folder-in-ubuntu-cmd-and-gui/
but when I do (replace with my ...
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Copy file path utility (GUI) required
I use ubuntu 12.04. I am in need of a copy file path utility in ubuntu. I need to often copy the below for my tasks:
full Filename
Full file path
Just as an example only, in my office PC (running ...
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How to open the existing file explorer and not a new one
I have a file explorer window opened and is in the background of Chrome:
However, when I click on the file explorer icon on the Launcher, it doesn't open/switch to the already opened window, but ...
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How to automatically expand location with File Open dialog? [duplicate]
Background
By default, the "File Open" dialog resembles:
Problem
More often than not, my first interaction with this dialog is to click the pencil icon to reveal the path. I then paste the path ...
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How to setup a file sharing service from ubuntu server over the net?
I have Ubuntu server edition that I ssh form on my mac and windows computers. I would like to know if there is any service I can install on my server that allows me to save and access my files from ...
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Is there an application similar to Everdesk for linux/ubuntu?
I am looking for a file manager that stores emails together with other documents in the same folders similar to Everdesk.
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Can I change LXDE default file browser to [duplicate]
I have to use LXDE as my DE because of the age of my computer/hardware, and I like it a lot, but I also like using Nautilus as my File Manager (it appears to have more options) for basic file ...
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Revert to Nautilus
After I installed Cinnamon, Nemo automatically installed itself, and now Nemo is default file browser. How can I revert to Nautilus.
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Make nemo as default file browser
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10, then installed nemo. Now I would make it as default file manager, i've search the web for a solution but everytime I restard my computer Nautilus come back.
Does ...
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is there a file manager with which you can sort files manually as in Windows? or, Can I manually sort my files from the terminal?
In Nautilus you can sort files manually only in the icon view (and the arrangement is a mess). My question is: is there a file manager with which you can sort files manually as in Windows? i.e., ...
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Filemanagers crash all the time
I'm using Lubuntu 12.04 and having problems with the filemanager. When I try to open the filemanager nothing happens. In the dmesg log the following error is shown:
pcmanfm[2330]: segfault at 10 ip ...
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How to paste files in jre folder?
I am trying to copy .jar and .so files into jre folder. I tried to do it like I do it in windows but it is not working, maybe the permission problem.
So how can I do it? using terminal or is there any ...
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How do I remove full name from owner column within file manager?
Within the file manager (Nautilus), you can customize it a bit through Edit -> Preferences.
I set default view to List View and added some additional default columns. Adding the owner column ...
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ASCII number showed instead of letters after using file backup manager
I used File Backup Manager to back up files but now I can't restore files because of this error:
Mon Jan 28 17:32:39 2013: Starting restore operation from '/media/andy/A280-E3FF/hudba'
Mon Jan 28 ...
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Can Wine and its programs be set to use Ubuntu file manager instead of Wine Explorer?
When browsing directories in a Windows program installed in Wine - like when opening a folder in Foobar2000 - Wine always opens the Wine explorer.
Is it possible to set Wine to open an Ubuntu ...
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Notes about pdf file in file browser
I have some folders where I have many pdf files, and it is inconvenient for me to open every file and see the contents, while searching for a particular document. Is there some way or any file ...
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slow file transfer rate on ubuntu and kde
I have ubuntu 12.04 and kde.
I notice that a file transfer on a pen drive USB (2.0 NTFS) in windows with the software ExtremeCopy goes to 30/32 MB/s. Here in ubuntu the transfer on the same pen drive ...
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New to Unity. 3 quick questions:
New to Unity. 3 quick questions:
When working with the file manager, the icon view is the default. How do I make list view the default?
In the upper right corner of the screen, I see the time. I ...
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How do I change the default file manager back to Nautilus?
A while back, I set my default file manager to Nemo. I like it a lot, but it constantly crashes. I remember editing a text file to set it as default, but I forgot which file it was. How do I switch ...
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Alternative file managers? [closed]
I'm using Gnome 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 and I dislike Nautilus. I've tried Marlin and was happy until I realized that there's no search function. I'm not sure how to go about searching this so I'd ...
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Can Dolphin manage the desktop?
I am looking to replace nautilus on LXDE with Dolphin. At the moment I rely on nautilus to manage the desktop, i.e. access ~/desktop from the desktop and display mounted drives as icons.
Can the ...
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Unable to mount 500GB file system , Authentication is required
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: only root can mount /dev/sda2 on /media/ /dev/sda2
I have a extra 500 GB Slave Hard drive , It use to be mounted but today ...
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Why am I getting such slow file transfer performance?
Copying 4GB from a USB flash drive to my Linux partition. The flash drive is NTFS formatted (I believe, it's Windows formatted). The transfer is incredibly slow and blocks the computer frequently ...
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How to organize my 1000s of PDF?
I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names ...
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Does anyone know how to make nautilus as a file manager in Xubuntu 12.04?
This might look like a duplicate of other questions, but it isn't.
I'd like to know how to set nautilus as the file manager....avoiding it to change anything else but the file management.
Thanks
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Is there a file explorer/manager for the command line?
I would like to know if there is something like DOS interface for Ubuntu. I mean a "GUI" that can run from the console (for example if you are using Ubuntu Server). Some file explorer like Nautilus ...
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Samba Transfers Stop
I'm having this problem since I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and it's driving me insane.
I have a NAS (DNS-320) that is running Samba. When I try to transfer a folder that has many other files inside it's ...
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Files showing different in Windows and Ubuntu
I'm having some trouble in a folder I use both from Windows and Ubuntu.
I'm double booting Win8 and Quantal, with a big NTFS folder storing things I access from both (e.g. music).
Lately I have ...
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File browser freezes when inserting exfat SD card on 12.04 [closed]
I recently bought a 64GB sd card and installed the exfat filesystem on my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop Dell e4200.
It all worked fine for some days, now all of a sudden the file browser and desktop crashes ...
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Nemo File Manager on Ubuntu 12.10 (Unity)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to completely integrate Nemo with Ubuntu?
Linux Mint uses Nemo File Manager (fork of Nautilus) and how can I use it on Ubuntu 12.10 (Unity desktop)? Is there any ...
