nautilus(1)

nautilus1

A file manager for gnome

Usage

nautilus [options] URIs ...

Overview

nautilus is a file manager, designed for the GNOME desktop.

--version

Show the version of the program.

-w, --new-window

Always open a new window for browsing specified URIs.

-q, --quit

Quit Nautilus.

-s, --select

Select specified URI in parent folder.

-h, --help

Show a summary of options.

Other standard GNOME options not listed here are also supported.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11–12
  9. 13–Arch

--new-window since Debian 9 (Stretch); --quit since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --select since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch); -q since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -s since Debian 9 (Stretch); -w since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--browser until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --check until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --geometry until Debian 10 (Buster); --no-default-window until Debian 10 (Buster); --no-desktop until Debian 9 (Stretch); -c until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -g until Debian 10 (Buster); -n until Debian 10 (Buster).

Bugs

Bug reports can be found and filed at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues

From nautilus 51.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.