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Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T14:37:51+00:00 2026-06-14T14:37:51+00:00

In Ubuntu, is it possible to launch a select file dialog from the command

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In Ubuntu, is it possible to launch a “select file” dialog from the command line? I need to find a command that launches the “select file” dialog (so that I can prompt the user to navigate to a file using a shell script, and then return the file path.)

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    2026-06-14T14:37:52+00:00Added an answer on June 14, 2026 at 2:37 pm

    Use zenity

    More reference here: http://library.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/file-selection.html.en

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