Selecting Files and Folders - Nautilus File Manager

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Chapter 6. Nautilus File Manager

6.6. Managing Your Files and Folders

6.6.b. Selecting Files and Folders

You can select files and folders in several ways in the file manager. Typically this is achieved by clicking on the files using the mouse, as explained in Table 6.5, Selecting Items in the File Manager. In addition the section called Selecting Files Matching a Specific Pattern describes how to select a group of files matching a specific pattern.

Table 6.5. Selecting Items in the File Manager

Task	Action
Select an item	Click on the item.
Select a group of contiguous items	In icon view, drag around the files that you want to select. In list view, click on the first item in the group. Press-and-hold Shift, then click on the last item in the group.
Select multiple items	Press-and-hold Ctrl. Click on the items that you want to select. Alternatively, press-and-hold Ctrl, then drag around the files that you want to select.
Select all items in a folder	Choose Edit->Select All Files.

To perform the default action on an item, double-click on the item. You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on a file to execute the default action. For more information, see the section called Behavior Preferences.

Selecting Files Matching a Specific Pattern

Nautilus allows you to select all files matching a pattern based upon their filename and an optional number of wildcards. This can be useful if, for example, you wish to select all files which contain the phrase "memo" in their filename. Table 6.6, Selecting Items in the File Manager gives some examples of possible patterns and the resulting files they would match.

Table 6.6. Selecting Items in the File Manager

Pattern	Files Matched
note.*	This pattern would match files called note, with any extension.
*.ogg	This pattern would match all files with the .ogg extension
memo	This pattern would match all files or folders whose name contains the word memo.

To perform the Select Pattern command Choose Edit->Select Patterns from the menu. After entering the desired pattern you are left with those files or folders which matched the pattern selected. You may then do with the selected files or folders what you choose. (Next: Moving a File or Folder)

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Chapter 6. Nautilus File Manager
Table of Contents

6.1. Introduction
6.1.a. File Manager Functionality
6.1.b. File Manager Presentation

6.2. Spatial Mode
       6.2.a. Spatial Windows
       6.2.b. Spatial Window Components
       6.2.c. Displaying Your Home Folder in a Spatial Window
       6.2.d. Displaying a Parent Folder
       6.2.e. Closing Folders
       6.2.f. Displaying a Folder in a Browser Window
       6.2.g. Opening a Location