Copy path to file as URI to xclip clipboard.

README.md

xclip-copy-fileuri

Use this tool to copy a path to a file in a terminal if you want to paste it in a GUI.

The tool

• looksup the absolute path of the file
• formats a file:// uri
• passes it to xclip with the target text/uri-list

xclip-copy-fileuri

#!/bin/bash
# Copies the path to a file as a URI to the clipboard.
# This allows pasting the file in GUI applications.

set -e
if [ ! $# -eq 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) file" >&2
    exit 1
fi

FILEPATH=$(realpath "$1")

echo "file:///$FILEPATH" | xclip -i -selection clipboard -t text/uri-list
exit $?