Thursday 9 May 2013

Open Terminal any where

If you are a Linux user than you (must have to) use your terminal at least once each hour. Some times opening the terminal and navigating to the working directory using cd a number of time while keeping a strict sight on the spellings and case of directory path some times become very teasing. And you might wish to have an option on your right click menu with "Open with terminal"...!
So here is how you can do this (I have done this on Ubuntu and I don't know about other distributions. If you are looking for some thing similar on windows, then try this) :


  1. Install Nautilus Action Configuration Tool. Nautilus is the default file manager in Ubuntu and many other Linux distros. According to Wikipedia:
    Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.

  2. After installation open it.

  3. Go to File > New.
  4. Un Check Display item in selection context menu.
  5. Check Display item in location context menu.
  6. Set the context label as you want. For example I set it to Open in terminal..
  7. Set the tooltip text.

  8. Now in command tab set Path to xterm. Ubuntu users can also use gnome-terminal.
  9. Set Working Directory to %d/%b or %d if you want to open terminal in base directory only.
  10. Save and exit.
  11. Now go to your required directory and enjoy....

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