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janot
Asked: 2015-03-01 01:36:04 +0800 CST

Display 'cd' accessible path to mtp device in Nemo

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Nemo displays path to mtp device like that:

mtp://[usb:001,007]/

I want to be able to copy path from Nemo to terminal and cd there. Maybe it's possible even with this path while escaping some symbols (tried unsuccessfully)? Currently I have to do it this way:

cd /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C007%5D
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1 Answers

  1. To be usable as a path you have to URL-encode the string that you get from Nemo.

    To do so the following oneliner should return the command to use to cd into your mtp device:

    echo -n mtp://[usb:001,007] | python -c "import sys,urllib; \
print 'cd /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host='+urllib.quote(sys.stdin.readline().replace('mtp://',''))"

    it returns:

    cd /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C007%5D
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