Re: Nautilus scripts using $1

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 06 May 2011 19:23:54 -0400, Perry Thompson wrote:

> Hi there. I made a nautilus script so that I can right-click on a file,
> use it in a program, and then move the produced file back to the working
> directory.
> 
> I made a test script to try it out.
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> echo "$1" $HOME/Desktop/test.txt

Shouldn't that be? :-?

echo "$1" > $HOME/Desktop/test.txt
 
> When I am in any Nautilus folder and I right-click on a file and run the
> script, in the contents of test.txt I have "filename".

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> How can I fix it so I can use any file in any environment? Maybe somehow
> set nautilus to use full pathnames? Any ideas?

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Yep, try with:

filename="${1##*/}"
 
Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón