KDE Dolphin: How to change the current directory by code in the folder pane?
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I'd like to have a dolphin (KDE 4.13.3) service menu with that I can change the current opened folder/directory to another one.
To be more precisely, I want to go directly to the real path/target of a link folder.
The code itself is quite simple:
cd "$(realpath %f)"
Well, it changes the current directory but it does not open it in the folder pane.
How can I manage that? Is there a way anyway?
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I'd like to have a dolphin (KDE 4.13.3) service menu with that I can change the current opened folder/directory to another one.
To be more precisely, I want to go directly to the real path/target of a link folder.
The code itself is quite simple:
cd "$(realpath %f)"
Well, it changes the current directory but it does not open it in the folder pane.
How can I manage that? Is there a way anyway?
kubuntu kde dolphin
asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
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Typingf="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f)in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11
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I'd like to have a dolphin (KDE 4.13.3) service menu with that I can change the current opened folder/directory to another one.
To be more precisely, I want to go directly to the real path/target of a link folder.
The code itself is quite simple:
cd "$(realpath %f)"
Well, it changes the current directory but it does not open it in the folder pane.
How can I manage that? Is there a way anyway?
kubuntu kde dolphin
asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
689
I'd like to have a dolphin (KDE 4.13.3) service menu with that I can change the current opened folder/directory to another one.
To be more precisely, I want to go directly to the real path/target of a link folder.
The code itself is quite simple:
cd "$(realpath %f)"
Well, it changes the current directory but it does not open it in the folder pane.
How can I manage that? Is there a way anyway?
kubuntu kde dolphin
asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
689
edited Jun 6 at 19:56
asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
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asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
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asked Jun 6 at 1:44
Jens
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Typingf="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f)in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11
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Typingf="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f)in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11
Typing
f="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f) in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
Typing
f="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f) in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11
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Typing
f="tmp"; cd $(realpath $f)in to the terminal pane of a dolphin window causes the folder pane to change to the specified folder for me. Is that what you're trying to do? [Dolphin 17.04.3, KDE Framework 5.44]– pbhj
Jun 6 at 2:44
No, sorry, but thanks anyway. "$f" is used as a placeholder for the currently (single) selected file/folder that is handed over to the service menu. So it is already set. The command works though in the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect on the folder pane.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:33
Sorry, correction: The command works though from the terminal pane, but somehow it has no effect from within the folder pane when I call it through the service menu. The service menu itself is correct and well formatted as it should be.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:41
I presume the trouble is that the command is executed in a new sub-shell/tty which has no effect on the calling process.
– Jens
Jun 6 at 5:47
Ah, you're running that code from a script? If so then yes, cd operates on a subshell which is closed when the script exits. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27139/…
– pbhj
Jun 6 at 10:11