---
name: "caja-actions-new"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "caja-actions"
version: "1.27.0-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/caja-actions-new"
---

# caja-actions-new(1)

create new caja actions

## NAME

caja-actions-new - create new caja actions

## SYNOPSIS

**caja-actions-new** \[*OPTION*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**caja-actions-new** creates new actions for the caja file manager non-interactively via the commandline. Action attributes are specified via command-line options.

## OPTIONS

*Help options*

- **-?, -h, --help** Show help options

  - **--help-all** Show all help options

  - **--help-output** Choose where the program creates the action

  - *Action-creation options*

  - **-l, --label=LABEL** The label of the menu item (amndatory)

  - **-t, --tooltip=TOOLTIP** The tooltip of the menu

  - **-i, --icon=ICON** The icon of the menu item (filename or GTK stock

  ID)

- **-c, --command=PATH** The path of the command

  - **-p, --parameters=PARAMS** The parameters of the command

  - **-m, --match=EXPR** A pattern to match selected files against. May

  include wildcards (\*or?) (you must set one option for each pattern you need)

- **-C, --match-case=PATH** The path command

  - **-T, --mimetypes=EXPR** A pattern to match selected files' mimetype

  against. May include wildcards (\*or?) (you must set one option for each pattern you need)

- **-f, --accept-files** Set it if selection must only contain files

  - **-d, --accept-dirs** Set it if the selection must only contain folders.

  Specify both '--isfile' and '--isdir' options is selection can contain both types of items

- **-M, --accept-multiple-files** Set it if the selection can have several

  items

- **-s, --scheme=SCHEME** A valid GVFS scheme where the selected files

  should be located (you must set onw option for each scheme you need)

## AUTHOR

*caja-actions* has been derived from *nautilus-actions* which has been written by Rodrigo Moya \<rodrigo\[AT\]novell.com\>, Frederic Ruaudel \<grumz\[AT\]grumz.net\>, Pierre Wieser \<pwieser\[AT\]trychlos.org\>, and contributors.

The porting work to the MATE desktop environment under the extension name *caja-actions* has been done by Wolfgang Ulbrich \<chat-to-me\[at\]raveit.de\>.

This manual page was written Vangelis Mouhtsis \<vangelis\[AT\]gnugr.org\>, for the Debian MATE Packaging Team, and may be used by others.

## LICENSING

Both the caja-actions source code and this man page are licensed under the GNU General Public License (v2 or higher).