Hi,

is there any way to reference the currently selected file(s) in Dolphin's terminal panel?

I guess the most natural way to do this was by way of some environment variable, but that is evidently not how it works.

What I would like to to is something like

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exiv2 $F

where `exiv2` is the command that I want to execute, and `$F` holds the selected file(s).

I couldn't find that exact way. But there are others.

You can add an item to the Dolphin context menu:
https://develop.kde.org/docs/dolphin/service-menus/

You can also transfer the file name via the clipboard:

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exiv2 `xclip -o -selection clipboard | sed 's|file://||'`

Hi!

You can just drag and drop them to insert the filename, but I would really prefer the ServiceMenu-way.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm an ardent keyboard user and prefer not to switch between mouse and keyboard as much (if I can), and I need a way to insert the name of the currently selected file for various commands in the terminal -- therefore, my personal favorite is the clipboard method. I created a one-line script in `$HOME/bin/F`:

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#!/bin/bash
xclip -o -selection clipboard | sed 's|file://||'

Now, I can press CTRL+C, F4 and enter

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$ my-command-exiv2-or-whatever `F`

That makes it a lot easier. Thanks again to both of you!