To Clipboard: Convert item path to Linux, Markdown and/or URL format

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Bumpyride
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To Clipboard: Convert item path to Linux, Markdown and/or URL format

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Using File | To Clipboard | Item Path/Name(s) or Item UNC Path/Name(s) stores the result in the clipboard in standard Windows path formats.
  • C:\EXAMPLE\SomeLocalFile.txt
  • \\MYPC01\C$\EXAMPLE\SomeLocalFile.txt
But pasting into a local virtual machine running Linux (e.g. a VM under VirtualBox), or even some Windows applications that use Markdown or Wiki links, requires manual editing of the path to convert Windows backslash separators to *nix forward slashes.
In addition, some links in apps that point to local files using the standard URL format also require the file:/// protocol prefix.
  • <mounted media>/EXAMPLE/SomeLocalFile.txt
  • file:///C:/EXAMPLE/SomeLocalFile.txt
It would be practical if the To Clipboard menu included options to handle these conversions automatically.

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Re: To Clipboard: Convert item path to Linux, Markdown and/or URL format

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Too special for the main menu, but you can script it.
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