NAME

       showinfilemanager - open the file manager and select files in it

SYNOPSIS

       showinfilemanager [-h] [–version] [–verbose] [–debug] [URIs ...]

DESCRIPTION

       showinfilemanager  opens the system file manager and optionally selects files in it.  The point is not to
       open the files, but to select them in the file manager, thereby highlighting the files and  allowing  the
       user to quickly do something with them.

       For file managers that do not support specifying files to select, this program will instruct them to dis‐
       play the directory the file is found in.

       URIs   URIs or paths of files or directories.

       -h, –help
              Display help message.

       –version
              Show program’s version number and exit.

       -f, –file-manager FILE_MANAGER
              File manager to run

       -s, –select-folder
              Select  folder  instead of displaying its contents.  By default, when a URI or path is a directory
              and not a file, the directory itself is shown in the file manager.  This option  changes  the  de‐
              fault and selects the folder, displaying it in its parent directory.

       –verbose
              Display command being run to stdout.

       –debug Output debugging information to stdout.

EXAMPLES

       showinfilemanager ~/myfile.txt
              Open the system file manager and select ~/myfile.txt in the user’s home directory.

       showinfilemanager -f dolphin *.txt
              Open  the dolphin file manager and select all the files with extension txt in the current directo‐
              ry.

       showinfilemanager D:\Documents\*.docx
              Open the system file manager and select all the Word documents in the Documents directory  on  the
              D: drive.

       showinfilemanager -s /Users/*
              Open the system file manager and select all the files and directories in the Users folder

       showinfilemanager file:///home/user/first%20file.txt file:///home/user/second%20file.txt
              Open  the system file manager and select `first file.txt' and `second file.txt' in the user’s home
              directory.

       showinfilemanager /etc/hosts /home/user/.bashrc
              Open the system file manager and select the hosts file in one file manager window, and the  user’s
              .bashrc file in another.

AUTHORS

       Damon Lynch
       damonlynch@gmail.com

BUGS

       Submit bug reports online at: <https://github.com/damonlynch/showinfilemanager/issues>

SEE ALSO

       Full documentation and sources at: <https://github.com/damonlynch/showinfilemanager>

showinfilemanager                                  2021-08-13                            SHOW IN FILE MANAGER(1)