[SOLVED] how to view file properties in fedora 15...???

[whyMe]

i've recently switched from windows to fedora 15.....in windows i used to use "ALT+ENTER" to view file properties like size etc.
wht is the shortcut for the same in fedora 15....???

[marko]

I noticed that both Dolphin and konqueror do that with Alt + Return

There's also the nice "stat" command when in a command terminal

[jpollard]

Depends on what you want to use.

I usually use the shell and the stat command:

$ stat tgif-rpms.tar
  File: `tgif-rpms.tar'
  Size: 4126720   	Blocks: 8080       IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 821h/2081d	Inode: 15237152    Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: (  500/   jesse)   Gid: (  503/  family)
Access: 2011-04-01 18:19:04.048817920 -0400
Modify: 2010-08-22 08:07:50.000000000 -0400
Change: 2010-09-08 10:53:29.764610959 -0400

Now this still doesn't list the SELinux label associated, but that is not what the metadata is about. For that I usually use "ls":

$ ls -Z tgif-rpms.tar
-rw-rw-r--. jesse family unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tgif-rpms.tar

Now "ls" can provide most of the information in the stat output, but not all at the same time (different options substitute values in the same column):

$ ls -l tgif-rpms.tar
-rw-rw-r--. 1 jesse family 4126720 Aug 22  2010 tgif-rpms.tar

Nautilus has a view menu that can select a list format that reflects
what "ls -l" does with more information and in a more verbose manner.

Nautilus also has a <alt><return> (properties display) capability to list most of the metadata.

[CronoCloud]

Thunar (XFCE's File manager) also has the Alt+Return shortcut. You can also take the mouse based "Easy Button" way and just Right Click>Properties in both Nautilus and Thunar

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[whyMe]

Originally Posted by marko

I noticed that both Dolphin and konqueror do that with Alt + Return

There's also the nice "stat" command when in a command terminal

it used to work earlier but recently i did a complete yum update.......and its not working since then.....

[whyMe]

i finally got it....
it is "RIGHT CLICK+P"...
thanks for your suggestions

[martih]

Originally Posted by whyMe

it is "RIGHT CLICK+P"...

A keyboard shortcut should work without having to use the mouse.

Currently "Alt+Return" is still listed in the "File" menu of Nautilus as the shortcut viewing the properties. But it does not seem work any more.

[DBelton]

same here, martih.

Nautilus lists "Alt+Return" as the hotkey to list properties, but doesn't work. It takes it as just an enter and opens the file