---
name: "nautilus-actions-new"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nautilus-actions"
version: "3.2.3-1+b2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nautilus-actions-new"
---

# nautilus-actions-new(1)

create new nautilus actions

## NAME

nautilus-actions-new - create new nautilus actions

## SYNOPSIS

nautilus-actions-new \[OPTION\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

By default, actions are written to STDOUT. However, they can also be written to a file suitable for later import via **nautilus-actions-config-tool** or you can even write the action directory to your GConf configuration for **nautilus-actions**

## OPTIONS

### Help options

\-?, **--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 (mandatory)

- **-t**, **--tooltip**=*TOOLTIP*

  The tooltip of the menu item

- **-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 of the 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 the 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 one option for each scheme you need)

## BUGS

Please report bugs in **nautilus-actions** to \<submit@bugs.debian.org\>. The current bug list may be viewed at \<http://bugs.debian.org/nautilus-actions\>.

## AUTHOR

**nautilus-actions** was written by Rodrigo Moya \<rodrigo@novell.com\>, Frederic Ruaudel \<grumz@grumz.net\>, Pierre Wieser \<pwieser@trychlos.org\>, and contributors.

This manual page was written by Christine Spang \<christine@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## LICENSING

Both the **nautilus-actions** source code and this man page are licensed under the GNU General Public License.

## SEE ALSO

*[nautilus(1)](/nautilus/1.md),*[nautilus-actions(1)](/nautilus-actions/1.md),*[nautilus-actions-schemas(1)](/nautilus-actions-schemas/1.md),*\
     [nautilus-actions-run(1)](/nautilus-actions-run/1.md) [nautilus-actions-print(1)](/nautilus-actions-print/1.md)