>> I'm trying to copy the full path of a file from xfce4's file manager >> Thunar so I can paste it into a command line program. The way I found >> to do this was with the "Configure custom actions..." option like >> this: >> >> echo %f | xcopy -selection c >> >> I can then paste the path, but there is a newline character at the end >> which messes things up. Is there a better way to do this, or can I >> strip the newline character? >> >> - Grant >> > > If this newline comes from the echo command you can suppress it with "-n". > > echo -n %f | xcopy -selection c > > -- > Regards, > Daniel
Ah perfect, thanks guys. Also the program is called xclip, not xcopy. Sorry about that. - Grant
