What is the %u command in all my programs command?
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When you associate a file with a command, you can call this command with several arguments. %u simply means that the file name should go there. It is useful so you can put arguments after the filename. There are several other flags you can use.
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What is the %u command in all my programs command? (2 Solutions!!)
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The Student
Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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The Student over 1 year
I saw in my programs properties they have a "%u" in the end of the command, what does this do? Using Ubuntu 10.04.
e.g. My Chrome have the command: /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U for what this %u is used here?
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user1686 almost 14 years
%uis the GNOME's file URI (such asfile:///etc/motdorsftp://foohost/home/tom/file.txt).%swould get you the "normal" file path. -
The Student almost 14 yearsIts not just in java programs that the %u appears
