Ubuntu – Nautilus : “Send via Bluetooth” in Context Menu

I just added a right-click menu option that allows you to select multiple files, select Script/pdf-printer.sh and it'll create PDF files. If you choose another printer name in the script, it should use that instead, but I can't verify that. Older howtos might not work because we've moved to Gnome 3 which has a few changes. In this case, scripts have been moved from ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts to ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts. Otherwise, everything should work as you would expect.

1. Install http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/cups-pdf. This package provides a PDF printer which prints to the PDF folder in your home folder, $HOME/PDF.
2. Open Nautilus and create a folder named PDF in your home.
3. Press Ctrl+H in Nautilus to show hidden files.
4. Open ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts.
5. Create a new file and call it "pdf-printer.sh".

6. Paste the following:

   #!/bin/bash
   #
   # pdf-printer.sh
   #
   # Print files from the right-click context menu in Nautilus.
   # Place this script in ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts.
   # The printer to use (as shown in the Printer Configuration
   # gui or in /etc/cups/printers.conf).
   printer=PDF
   echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | while read file
       do
           lpr -P "$printer" "$file"
   done
   exit 0
   

7. Save the file and close it.

8. Right-click the file and choose Properties > Permissions. Make sure the box is checked to allow executing the file.

It is possible that you have to restart nautilus for this to work. In that case, you can press Alt+F2 and enter killall nautilus. Other than that, you should now be able to select files, right click and use the script from the "script" menu.

Confirmed, clicking between the files should work in 18.04. Just make sure you right-click between the icons, not on the text below the icons. I'll try to get a screenshot.

Unfortunately, the screenshot seems to miss the context menu for some reason: perhaps because I was just capturing the current window. But where you see the pointer is where you need to right click to get the context menu.

Edit:

Alternatively, if you are in the list view and you have a right click key on your keyboard, you can simply hit that key on your keyboard directly after first opening the folder (no files yet selected). If there is a file selected, Ctrl+Space will unselect it.