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suppose i opened my file manager nemo and select a file named "abc" so in the location bar it shows media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/ and the selected file name is abc How can assign the selected (highlighted) file name with full path in a variable in my bash script (please note this file is not in home directory)
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    suppose i opened my file manager nemo and select a file named "abc" so in the location bar it shows media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/ and the selected file name is abc How can assign the selected (highlighted) file name with full path in a variable in my bash script (please note this file is not in home directory)
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      suppose i opened my file manager nemo and select a file named "abc" so in the location bar it shows media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/ and the selected file name is abc How can assign the selected (highlighted) file name with full path in a variable in my bash script (please note this file is not in home directory)
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          This is how you assign a variable including the full path. Use quotes:



          FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/"


          or use the escape sign "" before each "special" character, in this case ""



          FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/




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            This is how you assign a variable including the full path. Use quotes:



            FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/"


            or use the escape sign "" before each "special" character, in this case ""



            FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/




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              This is how you assign a variable including the full path. Use quotes:



              FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/"


              or use the escape sign "" before each "special" character, in this case ""



              FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/




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                This is how you assign a variable including the full path. Use quotes:



                FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/"


                or use the escape sign "" before each "special" character, in this case ""



                FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/




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                This is how you assign a variable including the full path. Use quotes:



                FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/"


                or use the escape sign "" before each "special" character, in this case ""



                FILE="/media/myuser/folder1/subfoler/





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