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Blum1866

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2014-06-18

Posts: 5

Copy full file path+file name in Midnight Commander

Hi!

How can I copy a file's full path with the file name in Midnight Commander?
If I press Ctrl+Alt+Enter it's shows this to me in the command line but I can't copy this route.
If I mark a file with 'Insert' and than if I would like to paste this for example in Mousepad or any other text editor with Shift+Insert or Ctrl+V it isn't works.
(Relatively newbie sitting here so if the answer is complicated please write a step-by-step instruction )

Blum1866

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2014-06-18

Posts: 5

Re: Copy full file path+file name in Midnight Commander

Well,I did a lot of research on the internet and I found the best solution.

- choose the file,press 'Ctrl' + 'Shift' + 'Enter'
- after that you can see the full file path + the file name in the command line (bottom of the screen)
- Select the text with 'Shift' + 'Mouse Left Click' (drag it across the whole command)
- For copy the text, press 'Ctrl' + 'Insert'
- For paste, press 'Shift' + 'Insert'

This is still pretty damn slow,I wanted to do it with a single key combination while the file is selected but it looks impossible.

But at the same time I have started to use Ranger file manager which is also runs from terminal,extremely fast,easy to use and if I press 'Ctrl' + 'Insert' on a file it is copies the full path with the name of the file itself. Just perfect.

I won't mark the thread [SOLVED] because if anybody knows a better method for this in Midnight Commander (with a script or whatnot) maybe will write it down for us. I hope...

san_t

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Registered: 2017-04-22

Posts: 1

Re: Copy full file path+file name in Midnight Commander

Sorry for late, but just FYI, Blum1866,

'Esc'+'a" then 'Esc'+'Enter' do this job for me flawlessly.

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: Copy full file path+file name in Midnight Commander

Thanks for sharing. I'm going to go ahead and close this three year old abandoned topic now.

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