I want to place a link/shortcut/launcher in my unity panel (ubuntu 12.10).
I followed this tutorial on handytutorial.com to create a custom launcher and drag it to the panel.
I just need to know which command do I have to input. Is this possible?
7 Answers
gnome-open does not work for me on 12.04 but nautilus /path to open does work.
example: nautilus /home/john/Downloads.
answered Mar 8, 2013 at 20:12
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Weird... I'm on 12.04 right now.
gnome-openworks for me. Are you using Lubuntu? Or Xubuntu? Mar 8, 2013 at 20:14 -
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3@oaskamay I found out why I have
gnome-open. I installed gnu-cash, which installed libgnome2-bin (gnome-open is in it) as one of its dependencies. Mar 8, 2013 at 21:17 -
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4For ubuntu 20.04, need to use
xdg-openinstead, because I can't find a way to installgnome-openany more, andxdg-openis installed by default.– EricJun 29, 2020 at 11:35
If the question is how to open a file/folder, the answer is always xdg-open.
From man xdg-open:
xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.
In this specific case the commmand
xdg-open folder
opens folder in your default file manager, be it Nautilus, Dolphin, Thunar or anything else.
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Actually I think most applications will behave normally and open a file/url/binary being it the default file type to handle. Eg: blender untitled.blend Jun 6, 2016 at 19:56
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2I'm on Ubuntu 20.10 and can confirm that it still works. I find it more convenient than
nautilussince it starts the process and let it alone.– AmaniApr 15, 2021 at 13:46 -
A shortcut to open a folder? If this what you want, the command is:
gnome-open </path/to/folder>
For example: gnome-open /home/Tiago/Downloads.
If it isn't installed run sudo apt-get install libgnome2-bin.
answered Mar 8, 2013 at 20:06
Use the command nautilus <path>.
So for example: nautilus /home/oaskamay will open up my home (~) folder.
In addition, if you need to open-up the GUI with root permissions, run gksu nautilus <path>. It works with every GUI front-ends too (e.g. gksu gedit /etc/default/grub).
It's important to note that you should never start GUI apps like so sudo gedit /etc/default/grub.
xdg-open works for me on ubuntu 16.04. I only made a copy of this command as open:
sudo cp /usr/bin/xdg-open /usr/bin/open
sudo chmod 775 /usr/bin/open
Now you can use it just like on mac os:
open ./
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This might answer the question title, but I fail to see how this lines up with the question. Jun 6, 2016 at 19:39
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Answering the question title seems more important, I found this answer while searching for what was asked in the title. A pity it's just a copy of another answer on the same question, given 3 years earlier...– user723790Jan 12, 2018 at 10:08
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You can make a simple alias named as "open" or "o" etc... in .bashrc
sudo nano ~/.bashrc
# add personaly open alias
alias open='xdg-open ./'
log out account, sign in, open the terminal and write open
Use Midori's app function. When I make an app this way it is added to launchers.
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Create a new file with a name of you choice: sudo nano /usr/local/bin/myCommand . Paste the following command there: nautilus $PWD Once you have written the code for your command, save and close the file. sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mycommand. Test your new command: Add your command to the PATH (If you want to be able to execute your command from any directory, you need to add it to the PATH environment variable): export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin to your .bashrc file. Restart your terminal or run source ~/.bashrc– AliMar 11 at 13:06
xdg-open .works well.