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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Launching Nautilus with a set of files ?? Post 302800911 by fpmurphy on Tuesday 30th of April 2013 07:33:41 PM
Old 04-30-2013
Yes, Nautilus is capable of showing a subset of files in a particular directory. Use globbing syntax instead of regex syntax.
 

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nautilus-file-management-properties(1)				   User Commands			    nautilus-file-management-properties(1)

NAME
nautilus-file-management-properties - edit file manager options SYNOPSIS
nautilus-file-management-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
nautilus-file-management-properties invokes the GUI that changes the preferences associated with the desktop file manager. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Invoking the File Manager Properties Dialog example% nautilus-file-management-properties ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/nautilus-file-mExecutableptopeditefile manager options ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-file-mgr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. nautilus(1), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 nautilus-file-management-properties(1)
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