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I'm trying to write some nautilus scripts.

I have a file (script) called fileType, on the scripts folder, that shows when i right click over a file, on the context menu, but it does nothing.



Now, i tried gdialog on terminal, and i get a command not found.

So, i changed gdialog --title "File-Type Determinator" --msgbox "File $filetype" 200 200 to echo "File $filetype" but i see nothing.

To test, i added at the end of the script the command "peazip", and peazip starts, so the script is running, but the echo/gdialog lines are not working, any ideas?

I would specify bash as the shell. I don't think that syntax for the loop will work -- try starting the for loop like this:


Or, if you are only expecting one file as an argument, simply:


If you run which gdialog it should respond with a filename, otherwise you don't have it.

zenity is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to display dialog boxes from the commandline.

If it was me, I'd just install "dialog", but if you want the "gnomish" part of it, then just install zenity.
From the information given, I'd agree, gdialog isn't installed, or at least it's not in your path.