Pressing CTRL+S will pull up a dialog box, which will allow you to select a group of files based on their type. For example, if you type "*.tex", all tex files will be selected in that particular folder.
This tip is particularly useful for large folders in which you have to move files of a certain type.
Tip 2: Change background
The background of the file manager can be changed into something more interesting by going to Edit » Backgrounds and Templates and picking your own background. There are a variety of textures to choose from but one can also chose a custom background.
Here is a pleasant one:
Tip 3: Resize and rotate images
Sometimes it is extremely useful to be able to rotate or resize a whole folder of images. Thankfully, that is possible using a simple Nautilus extension. Simply search for “nautilus-image-converter” in your package manager and install.
Tip 4: Using Nautilus Scripts
Nautilus scripts allow us to perform tasks quickly and easily. There is a wide variety of scripts that one can use. Some examples include scripts that allow one to convert images from one format to another, send an email etc.
These scripts can be downloaded and installed manually.
Step 1: Download the scripts [1].
Step 2: Extract the files.
Now you should have a folder full of nautilus scripts sorted under various categories.
Step 3: Installing scripts
The script for converting an image to the jpeg image format will now be installed.(available in the multimedia folder). This is a very useful script, especially if there are a lot of images to be converted.
This script must be copied to the nautilus scripts directory, which is located at:
/home/username/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
Hidden files (files beginning with a period) can be accessed by pressing Ctrl+H.
Step 4: Restart Nautilus
Nautilus can be restarted by opening the terminal and entering
killall nautilus
Then simply start nautilus again. Upon right clicking, you should be able to use the scripts from a menu.
If you are using Ubuntu (or a derivative), then you can also download and install Ubuntu Tweak, which besides from being a useful configuration tool, can be used to install a wide variety of scripts easily [2].
Figure: Managing Scripts in Ubuntu Tweak
Tip 5: Create thumbnails for Open Document
By default one cannot view thumbnails for Open Document formats (.odt, .ods,.odp etc.). By enabling this feature, it becomes easier to spot the file you require.
The package "ooo-thumbnailer" should be available in your repositories and installable via your package manager. Once you install this, you should restart nautilus using the same method described in Tip 5.
Here is the difference.
Tip 5: Using Templates
A lot of you might know this already but some might not. The templates folder is a highly useful folder that can be used to create pre-defined files anywhere you wish. For example, if one writes many science lab reports, an outline or template file of such a report can be put into the template folder.
For example, if I was a chemistry student and created an outline for such a lab report; I could then place it in my Templates folder and then create a preformatted document anywhere I wished to.
So concludes the list. If there are any other such tips that you deem useful, please inform me in the comments below and I will add them on to this list.
Links:
[1] Nautilus Scripts
[2] Ubuntu Tweak
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