Create executable bash script that accepts drag & drop

Question

I compiled mplayer from source on Ubuntu. I didn\'t want to use a GUI but I wanted to make a executable bash file that gets the path from an file that gets dropped onto the

Answer 1

You can access arguments passed to the script with $1 (for the first argument). And also you should make a .desktop file so Nautilus (or your desktop manager) know what to do and use %u to pass the dropped path to the script.

For example you can create a file named DropOverMe.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Drop Over Me
Comment=Execute the script with the file dropped
Exec=gnome-terminal -e "/folder/to/the/script/launchme.sh \"%u\""
Icon=utilities-terminal
Type=Application

I use gnome-terminal as I have Ubuntu on my PC, use your preferred terminal application.

And the script could be something like:

#! /bin/bash

echo "Launched with $1" >> /tmp/history.log