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Copy a File's Full Path in Nautilus

Ubuntu's native file browser has 'copy as path' functionality built in

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Posted on 7/12/08 by Paul Herron

To get the full path of a file, select it in Nautilus and choose copy. As you'd expect, selecting paste in another file window would duplicate the file itself. However, paste somewhere that only accepts text and the full path of the file will appear instead.

Copying a file in Nautilus and pasting it into a text field outputs the full path

This method also works for selections of multiple files.

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