https://chriswalsh.dev/tags/kde/Recent content in KDE on chriswalsh.devHugoen-usTue, 10 Nov 2020 14:57:00 +0000https://chriswalsh.dev/posts/copy-path/Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:57:00 +0000https://chriswalsh.dev/posts/copy-path/This is for KDE5 with Dolphin as the file manager. First we need to install xclip: sudo apt-get install xclip Next we then need create a desktop file at the following path: ~/.local/share/kservices5. You may need to create the above directory. Then run: sudo nano ~/.local/share/kservices5/copy-path.desktop Paste in the following: [Desktop Action copy-path] Exec=echo "%U" | tr -d '\n' | xclip -selection clipboard Name=Copy Path Icon=edit-copy [Desktop Entry] Actions=copy-path ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin MimeType=all/all Type=Service X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel Finally restart dolphin, a top level context menu should appear when you right click on a file, to copy its absolute path.