Can you open a terminal and run `stat ~/Desktop/keys.txt` and reply with the 
output?

FWIW, I created a file named `keys.txt` and I can arrow in / `show contents` 
just fine.

Nate

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023, at 5:06 AM, James McLean wrote:



> This happened out of the blue, as far as I can recall.  By moving stuff 
> around (copying, pasting, renaming), I've discovered that the problem exists 
> only for one specific filename, "keys.txt".  If I "mv keys.txt keys2.txt", 
> then I can right-arrow into the renamed file.  If I then "mv keys2.txt 
> keys.txt" back to the original name, then I once again cannot show the file 
> contents.
> 
> On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 2:53:04 PM UTC-4 Rob McBroom wrote:
>> On 4 Oct 2023, at 2:43, James McLean wrote: 
>> 
>> > Re: issue on GitHub: I'm afraid that this may be user error, rather than a 
>> > real issue. 
>> > 
>> > Further testing indicates that this problem only occurs for one single 
>> > file. (Which also happens to be the file I use this feature on about 99% 
>> > of the time - argh!) What could possibly break Show Contents for one txt 
>> > file? I've chmod the file all around. mdls gives the ContentType as 
>> > public.plain-text. ??? 
>> 
>> Sorry if you mentioned this, but I only have the most recent message in this 
>> thread. Did this start with a particular version of Quicksilver or just out 
>> of the blue? 
>> 
>> Maybe try copying the file to another folder and see if the same thing 
>> happens? 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Rob McBroom
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