A handy tool for your scripts to get correct path names from known locations or XDG directories.
Usage: places [OPTIONS] <location> [pathel]...
Arguments:
<location>
possible values: home, desktop, downloads, templates, documents, pictures,
videos, music, public, config, bin, cache, state, data, autostart, fonts,
menus, backgrounds, icons
[pathel]...
Optional list of path elements to append
Options:
-a, --app <program>
Optional program to get paths
See manpage for more info.
- Get a path like: /home/alice/.config/gizmo/theme/colors.txt
places -a gizmo config theme colors.txt \
places config gizmo theme colors.txt
- List all config files for the 'gizmo' program
lsd $(places --app=gizmo data) \
places --app=gizmo data | xargs lsd
- Copy a config file
cp gizmo_config.toml $(places -a gizmo config)
- Get a folder inside
'Downloads dir'
, even if it is localized.
places downloads Software
This returns something like /home/alice/Descargas/Software