nautilus

Launch Nautilus file manager

$ nautilus

$ nautilus [path/to/directory]

$ nautilus admin:/

$ nautilus --select [path/to/file_or_directory]

$ nautilus --new-window

$ nautilus --quit

nautilus [--new-window] [--select] [--quit] [URI...]

Nautilus (GNOME Files) is the default file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. It provides graphical file browsing, management, and navigation with support for local and remote filesystems.
Features include tabbed browsing, bookmarks, file previews, search, and integration with GNOME services. The admin:// URI scheme allows privileged file operations with polkit authentication.

--new-window

Open a new window instead of using existing instance

Select specified file or directory in parent folder

Close all Nautilus instances

Display version information

Display help information

file://

Local filesystem paths

Browse filesystem as root (polkit authentication)

View trash contents

View recently accessed files

Browse remote SSH/SFTP servers

Browse Windows/Samba shares

Browse FTP servers

Running as root with admin:// requires polkit authentication. Remote filesystem support depends on GVFS backends being installed. Some features require GNOME desktop integration.

Nautilus was originally developed by Eazel in 1999-2001 and named after the submarine in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." After Eazel's closure, it became the standard GNOME file manager, now officially called GNOME Files.

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