Ubuntu – dconf change a string key

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I'm trying to change a string based dconf key with a bash script, using the following command line: 

dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/show-directory-item-counts 'never'

But it return the following error:

error: 0-5:unknown keyword

Usage:
  dconf write KEY VALUE 

Write a new value to a key

Arguments:
  KEY         A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
  VALUE       The value to write (in GVariant format)

Can someone help me?

edit 1 : I'm trying to make nautilus to not count the number of item in the directory (for optimization purpose)

Best Answer

The value needs additional quoting i.e. to assign GVariant string value 'foo' you need to write the value argument as "'foo'"

dconf write /org/gnome/nautilus/preferences/show-directory-item-counts "'never'"

See dconf — Simple tool for manipulating a dconf database at https://developer.gnome.org/

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