[DESKTOP] Get file name from dolphin after right clicking on an icon and Open With bash script

[jonathan9]

How do I write a bash script so that when I right click on an icon for a normal file in dolphin and select Open With my script, my script gets the file name that the icon represents?

E.g. The icon shows "somefile.txt" and that gets passed to my script so I can process the file "somefile.txt".

I'm using kubuntu 16.04 with KDE 5.18.0, dolphin 15.12.3.

[Rog131]

KDE service/context menus

Maybe you are looking KDE service/context menus ?

https://techbase.kde.org/Development..._Service_Menus :

Introduction

In KDE-speak a "servicemenu" is a special entry that appears in a context menu (or other context-based interface) for a file (or for directory), depending on the type of files that are selected.

For example, if you have the KDE file archive utility Ark installed you will see a menu entry to "Extract here..." whenever you right click on a file archive. The option to "Extract here..." is a servicemenu...

Where the Servicemenus Locate

Servicemenus are defined using .desktop files, which are the same kind of files that are used to create entries in the K Menu or on the KDE desktop. These servicemenu files are found in...

Note !
With the KDE Framework 5 the service menu desktop files are looked at the:

$ kf5-config --path services

KF5 service menus are at:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

.desktop files

The KDE is following the freedesktop org specifications - Desktop Entry Specification: https://standards.freedesktop.org/de...y-spec/latest/

The Exec key: https://standards.freedesktop.org/de...t/ar01s06.html

The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments...

Recognized field codes are as follows:

%f A single file name (including the path), even if multiple files are selected...

A short example:

Making $HOME/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/dosomething.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=edit-redo
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=doSomething;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
#X-KDE-Submenu=
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action doSomething]
Name=Do Something
Icon=edit-redo
Exec=kdialog --msgbox "You have right clicked %f"

Shell Scripting with KDE Dialogs: https://techbase.kde.org/Development...th_KDE_Dialogs

[jonathan9]

Thanks for the fast reply.

If read this correctly, you're saying that I have to build my application(s) into the KDE framework. That will be a bit of a learning curve. I have looked at desktop files before, but haven't created any. My system seems to have very few of these in /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/. The user directory didn't even exist until I just created it.

I was hoping for something more a bit more ad hoc. A lot of things I create are quick utilities or experiments, not polished applications.

I will study this information further. It looks like it will be relatively easy to do once I actually figure it out. Is there a simplified tutorial somewhere? I have looked briefly at free desktop stuff before and it's pretty dense.

https://techbase.kde.org/Development..._Service_Menus :

Note !
With the KDE Framework 5 the service menu desktop files are looked at the:

$ kf5-config --path services

KF5 service menus are at:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

.desktop files

The KDE is following the freedesktop org specifications - Desktop Entry Specification: https://standards.freedesktop.org/de...y-spec/latest/

The Exec key: https://standards.freedesktop.org/de...t/ar01s06.html

[jonathan9]

I just followed the tutorial link you already provided. It looks more readable that what I have seen in the past. I'll start with that.

[Rog131]

If read this correctly, you're saying that I have to build my application(s) into the KDE framework...

I was hoping for something more a bit more ad hoc. A lot of things I create are quick utilities or experiments, not polished applications.

I will study this information further. It looks like it will be relatively easy to do once I actually figure it out. Is there a simplified tutorial somewhere? I have looked briefly at free desktop stuff before and it's pretty dense.

Well ... ? ... I'm writing that there is an option to add menu options to the KDE file managers and to the plasma folder view plasmoid. They are all using same service menus.

To add a menu option create a desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=edit-redo
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=doSomething;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Open With
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action doSomething]
Name=Do Something
Icon=edit-redo
Exec=MyScript.sh "%f"

This will add another 'Open With' sub menu for your script:



Your MyScript.sh cold be:

#!/bin/sh

kdialog --msgbox "You have right clicked $1"

Script will read the passed file argument (%f -> $1) - Positional Parameters: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ma...nal-Parameters .

[jonathan9]

Sorry

I was really tired when I last responded to you. I can see now that you gave me everything I needed to get started and then some.

Thanks a lot.

Well ... ? ... I'm writing that there is an option to add menu options to the KDE file managers and to the plasma folder view plasmoid. They are all using same service menus.

To add a menu option create a desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=edit-redo
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=doSomething;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Open With
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action doSomething]
Name=Do Something
Icon=edit-redo
Exec=MyScript.sh "%f"

This will add another 'Open With' sub menu for your script:



Your MyScript.sh cold be:

#!/bin/sh

kdialog --msgbox "You have right clicked $1"

Script will read the passed file argument (%f -> $1) - Positional Parameters: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ma...nal-Parameters .