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bill99

macrumors regular
Original poster
Aug 16, 2019
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Hello,

1.
is there a way to show the full filesystem path of a selected file in Finder?

2.
And to copy this path to the clipboard, e.g. in order to be able to paste it to the Terminal?


Thank's in advance!
 

Rkuda

macrumors regular
May 23, 2016
249
470
1) To show the path of a selected file in Finder click on the View menu and enable "Show Path Bar". It will show each component of the path at the bottom of the window. You can click to navigation to any part of the path and you can Right / Ctrl-Click to see options on the part you selected

2) You can copy the path from the path bar or if you right click on a file and then hold the Option key "copy" will change to "Copy path name" for the file.

Another option is you can simply drag and drop a file onto a terminal window and it will add the path.
 
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bill99

macrumors regular
Original poster
Aug 16, 2019
102
6
Thanks to each of you and especially to Rkuda for the very helpful feedback!
 
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