How to open a file or folder from Terminal with mouse
I'd like to know if there is a way to open a file or a folder from terminal using the mouse?
When I wrote a URL LINK in terminal, it's allows me to open that link on my default browser. So I'd like to do the same with my files and folders.
I know that there is a way via cli using gnome-open or xdg-open, but I'd like a solution that uses the mouse by clicking on the path or the url.
Eg. when I write "pwd" the path allows me to click and open with Nautilus
It's the inverse of what "nautilus-open-terminal" does.
Gnome-terminal doesn't do this, as you are aware; unlike Nautilus, it doesn't have those sorts of extensions like open-terminal here. This is probably an undesirable feature anyway; URL recognition can be annoying as it is, but can you imagine doing a find and having everything clickable?
For your pwd example,
nautilus `pwd`
works, (but then so does nautilus .) For this task, I have a bash alias:
alias n="nautilus ."
so that whenever I type n, it opens nautilus wherever I am.
Otherwise, the format:
nautilus `<insert command that prints a directory here>`
works, but doesn't get you the feature you're looking for.
A workaround would be:
- highlight the path with the mouse (which stores it in the buffer)
- type
nautilus<space>at the prompt - middle-click somewhere in the terminal (which pastes the buffer to the end of the prompt).
gnome-terminal creates a link when it detects a url in the terminal output. I don't think it has the ability to recognize paths the same way and I don't know of any terminal emulators that do either. You'd probably have to make a patch for gnome-terminal to make that happen.