Argument
Type
Possible values
Description
ADD
/S
(no value)
Adds additional files to those already on the clipboard instead of
replacing them. It is used in conjunction with COPY or
CUT. This lets you place multiple items on the clipboard
from different source folders, and then paste them into the desired
destination folder in one go.
Example: Clipboard
COPY ADD
AS
/K
<filename>
Overrides the default filename used when pasting images or text to disk.
Normally when you paste clipboard image data, Opus creates a file called Clipboard Image.png (or another suffix, depending on the file format), and when you paste text data, Opus creates a file called Clipboard Text.txt. Use this argument to change the filename.
If no extension is specified in the filename, the default file extension (e.g. .txt for text data) will be added automatically.
You can specify a full path to make the command always save to a particular folder instead of the current path.
This argument can also be used when pasting the clipboard contents as an archive (e.g. with Clipboard PASTE=zip). In this case the filename for the archive is normally generated automatically from the clipboard contents - this argument lets you override it.
Example: Clipboard PASTE AS PastedData
ask
When pasting image or text data to a file, this argument causes Opus to
prompt you for a name for the created file. For text you can also
choose the encoding type and in the case of image data, the image format
to use.
This argument can also be used when pasting the clipboard contents as an archive (e.g. with Clipboard PASTE=7z). In this case you will be prompted for the name of the new archive and any archive format-specific parameters.
The Shrink image to compensate for system DPI
option will scale the pasted image down if your system DPI is higher
than 100%.
You can also specify the default filename to be shown in the dialog, as in the second example below.
Example: Clipboard PASTE AS=ask
Example: Clipboard PASTE AS=ask:{date|yyyy_MM}_
COPY
/S
(no value)
Copies all selected files and folders to the
clipboard.
Example: Clipboard
COPY
COPYINFOTIP
/S
(no value)
Copies the text content of the currently visible info tip to the clipboard. (Info tips are the "tooltips" which display information when you hover the mouse over a file or folder).
Does nothing if the lister has no visible info tip. This command only
makes sense when assigned to a hotkey, since an info tip will close if you
move the mouse to click on a toolbar button.
Example:
Clipboard COPYINFOTIP
By default, you can also use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C to do the same thing without creating a hotkey, but the command lets you give it an alternative, easier to type key. (Ctrl+Shift+C can also work, but is overridden by the default toolbars, which assign Ctrl+Shift+C to Edit > Copy Full Pathnames.)
COPYNAMES
/O
(no value)
Copies the names of all selected files and folders to the clipboard
(the file names themselves are copied, in text format, rather than the
actual files).
The default format (with no value specified) copies
the full path and filename of all selected items to the clipboard, with
one file on each line. For example,
C:\Windows\notepad.exe
C:\Windows\regedit.exe
The various values for the COPYNAMES argument let
you modify the format filenames are copied in. Some values can be combined
- see the examples given below for ideas on what you can do. Also see the
REGEXP argument which lets you control the format
yourself using regular expressions.
Example:
Clipboard COPYNAMES
nopaths
Copies just the names of selected items to the clipboard - the paths are not copied. For example,
notepad.exe
regedit.exe
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=nopaths
url
Copies the names of selected items to the clipboard in URL format. For files on an FTP site this will result in an ftp:// style path that should be accepted by other FTP programs. For local files, filenames will be copied as file:// style links (e.g. file:///C:/Windows). For example,
file:///C:/Windows/notepad.exe
file:///C:/Windows/regedit.exe
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=url
hash
Copies the filename of each selected file along with its MD5 checksum. For example,
notepad.exe : f2c7bb8acc97f92e987a2d4087d021b1
regedit.exe : 2e2c937846a0b8789e5e91739284d17a
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash
hash2
Copies the MD5 checksum of selected files in an alternative format, one compatible with the venerable MD5Sum utility. For example,
f2c7bb8acc97f92e987a2d4087d021b1 *notepad.exe
2e2c937846a0b8789e5e91739284d17a *regedit.exe
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash2
hash3
Copies the MD5 checksum of selected files without the filenames. You would probably only want to use this format on a single file at a time. For example,
f2c7bb8acc97f92e987a2d4087d021b1
2e2c937846a0b8789e5e91739284d17a
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash3
hash4
Copies the filename of each selected file along with its SHA-1 checksum. For example,
notepad.exe : 7eb0139d2175739b3ccb0d1110067820be6abd29
regedit.exe : f48138dc476e040b8a9925c7d2650b706178e863
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash4
hash5
Copies the SHA-1 checksum of selected files in an alternative format. For example,
7eb0139d2175739b3ccb0d1110067820be6abd29 *notepad.exe
f48138dc476e040b8a9925c7d2650b706178e863 *regedit.exe
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash5
hash6
Copies the SHA-1 checksum of selected files without the filenames. You would probably only want to use this format on a single file at a time. For example,
7eb0139d2175739b3ccb0d1110067820be6abd29
f48138dc476e040b8a9925c7d2650b706178e863
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=hash6
hashcache
Add the hashcache keyword to one of the hash options to make Opus use the checksum cache; if the file has previously had its checksum calculated and does not appear to have changed, the cached value will be used.
Example: Clipboard COPYNAMES=hash2,hashcache
unc
When the unc value is specified, and the files whose names are being copied reside on a mapped network drive, the function will resolve their mapped paths to a UNC path and copy that to the clipboard instead. For example, if Z: were a mapped network drive, Clipboard COPYNAMES would return:
Z:\Windows\notepad.exe
Z:\Windows\regedit.exe
Whereas Clipboard COPYNAMES=unc might return:
\\win7vm\c\Windows\notepad.exe
\\win7vm\c\Windows\regedit.exe
If the current folder is not on a mapped network drive, the unc
argument has no effect.
Example: Clipboard COPYNAMES=unc
short
Copies the short (8.3) filenames of selected files, rather than their long filenames. For example,
C:\PROGRA~1\GPSOFT~1\DIRECT~1\dopus.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\GPSOFT~1\DIRECT~1\dopuslib.dll
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=short,nopaths
single
When multiple files are selected, this will copy all the names on a single line (separated by spaces) rather than one item per line. If any item names contain a space, they will be surrounded by quotation marks. For example,
dopus.exe dopuslib.dll "Opus 10 What's New.pdf"
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=nopaths,single
path
Copies just the path of selected items, without the filenames (the opposite of nopaths). For example,
C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=path
capsemantics
Makes the function behave like the Windows Copy as path
context menu command (one file path per line, and lines are always
quoted).
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=capsemantics
quote
Forces filenames and paths copied to the clipboard to be enclosed with
double-quotes even if they don't contain spaces (and therefore ordinarily
wouldn't need quotes).
Example: Clipboard COPYNAMES=quote
wsl
Copies file paths in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) format. For
example, C:\Temp would be converted to
/mnt/c/Temp.
Example: Clipboard COPYNAMES=wsl
COPYQUEUE
/O
(no value)
Use in conjunction with the PASTE argument to paste
files with copy queuing
enabled. With no value specified, copies will be queued automatically if
required. This can override the Automatically manage file
copy queues option on the File Operations / Copy
Options Preferences
page.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
COPYQUEUE
<queue name>
When you specify a queue name as the value for this argument, it
enables manual copy queuing when pasting files. That is, with a name
specified, file pastes will always be queued to the specified queue - if
no name is specified for the argument, pastes will only be queued if
needed.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
COPYQUEUE=MyQueue
none
Used to disable copy queuing - whether enabled in Preferences, or
otherwise enabled by the shift
keyword.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
COPYQUEUE=none
shift
Lets you specify two alternate parameters for the COPYQUEUE
argument. The value specified before the shift
keyword is used if the Shift key is not held
down - the value after it is used if it is. For example, you could
configure a paste button to queue files to a specific queue if the
Shift key were held down, and to disable queuing
otherwise.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
COPYQUEUE=none,shift,MyQueue
quiet
Specify the quiet keyword to suppress the prompt that
normally indicates a copy operation has been
queued.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
COPYQUEUE=MyQueue,quiet
CUT
/S
(no value)
Cuts all selected files and folders to the clipboard (nothing happens
to the files immediately, but when you paste them somewhere else they are
moved rather than copied).
Example: Clipboard
CUT
CUTNOCOPYQUEUEWHENSAME
/S
(no value)
Used with Clipboard PASTE, this disables the use of a
copy queue when the files on the clipboard are being cut (that is, moved),
and the source and destination are on the same drive
partition.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
CUTNOCOPYQUEUEWHENSAME
EXPANDNEWLINES
/S
(no value)
Used with Clipboard SET, allows you to use
\n to insert a new line into the string, so that you can
set a clipboard string consisting of multiple lines. You can also use
\\ to insert a literal
backslash.
Example: Clipboard EXPANDNEWLINES
SET Hello\nWorld
When inserting paths into the clipboard string while using
EXPANDNEWLINES, you should use escbackslash to prevent
the backslashes in the paths from being misinterpreted.
Example
(all on one line):
Clipboard EXPANDNEWLINES SET
{sourcepath|escbackslash}\n{destpath|escbackslash}
FILE
/K/M
<filename>, ...
Specify the file or files to operate on. If not specified the
command will operate on all currently selected files.
Example: Clipboard COPY FILE "C:\moo.zip" "C:\cow.zip"
NEWLINEIFADDING
/S
(no value)
Used with Clipboard ADD SET, adds a new line between
the existing clipboard data and the string to be added. If the clipboard
is currently blank or has non-text data then the new line is not
added.
Example: Clipboard ADD NEWLINEIFADDING
SET This is a new line.
NOFROMFOCUS
/S
(no value)
The default behaviour for the Clipboard command is to
operate on either the source file display, or the Folder Tree, depending
on which one has the input focus. This lets you use the same command to
copy folders in the tree as well as files in the file display. Specify
this argument to force the command to always operate on the source file
display and ignore the folder
tree.
Example: Clipboard COPY
NOFROMFOCUS
PASTE
/O
(no value)
Pastes any files and folders previously copied to the clipboard into the current Lister.
If the files were placed on the clipboard by a "cut" operation they will be moved, otherwise they will be copied to the new location.
Can also paste image and text data from the clipboard into new files in the current folder. When pasting image and text data, the AS argument can change the name and path of the created file.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
enc:<encoding>
Specifies the encoding type when pasting text from the clipboard to a
file. The default behaviour is to paste as UTF-16 if the clipboard text is
Unicode, otherwise as ANSI.
Supported encoding types are oem,
ansi, utf8, utf8nobom,
utf16, utf16nobom.
Example: Clipboard PASTE=enc:utf8
jpg
Forces image data on the clipboard to be pasted in JPEG format
(overriding the Preferences default setting). You can also specify the
JPEG image quality.
Example: Clipboard
PASTE=jpg:85
png
Pastes image data in PNG
format.
Example: Clipboard
PASTE=png
gif
Pastes image data in GIF
format.
Example: Clipboard
PASTE=gif
bmp
Pastes image data in BMP
format.
Example: Clipboard
PASTE=bmp
zip
Pastes clipboard contents (files, image or text data) as a new ZIP archive. The filename of the archive will be generated automatically from the clipboard contents - you can override this with the AS argument.
7z
Pastes clipboard contents as a new 7Zip archive.
<archive suffix>
Pastes clipboard contents as a new archive of the specified type (you can specify any archive suffix that Opus supports creation of).
PASTELINK
/O
(no value)
Pastes shortcuts to any files and folders previously copied to the
clipboard into the current Lister. For example, if you use the
Clipboard COPY command on the C:\Windows folder,
navigate to another folder, and run the Clipboard PASTELINK
command, it would paste a shortcut called Windows -
Shortcut.lnk.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK
junction
Creates a junction to any folders that are on the clipboard. Junctions
are only supported on NTFS volumes, and you can not create junctions to
files - only folders.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=junction
hardlink
Creates a hardlink to any files that are on the clipboard. Hardlinks
are only supported on NTFS volumes, and you can not create hardlinks to
folders - only to files.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=hardlink
softlink
Creates a softlink to any files or folders that are on the clipboard.
Note that the link target is stored as an absolute path. Soft links
support both files and folders, but are only supported on Vista and above
(and again, only on NTFS volumes). Creating a softlink requires
administrator access so Opus will display a UAC prompt if necessary when
you run this command.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=softlink
relsoftlink
Creates a softlink to any files or folders that are on the clipboard,
storing a relative target path if possible. A regular absolute link will
be created if the target can not be expressed relative to the
link.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=relsoftlink
auto
Automatically determines the most suitable type of link to create. On
Vista and above, this will be a softlink - on Windows XP, either a
junction or a hardlink depending on the type of item. If a non-filesystem
object is on the clipboard (e.g. you are trying to make a link to a
virtual folder like the Control Panel) or the target drive is not
formatted with NTFS then it will create a
shortcut.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=auto
autonosoft
Does the same as auto except that it will not try to
create softlinks. In other words: It will create either a junction or a
hardlink depending on the type of item. If a non-filesystem object is on
the clipboard (e.g. you are trying to make a link to a virtual folder like
the Control Panel) or the target drive is not formatted with NTFS
then it will create a
shortcut.
Example: Clipboard
PASTELINK=autonosoft
PREFERIMAGE
/S
(no value)
When pasting data from the clipboard into a new file, image data is normally given priority over text data. Opus makes an exception to this rule in certain situations.
For example, if you use Microsoft Excel and copy some cells to the clipboard, Excel puts both the text from the cells and a screenshot of them into the clipboard. When pasting data from Excel, people usually want the text, not the screenshot. Accordingly, when Opus detects that pasted data is from Excel it gives text priority over images, contrary to its behaviour with data from other programs.
If the PREFERIMAGE argument is specified, image data
will always be given priority over text data, regardless of where
the data came from. This allows you to paste the image data from Excel, if
that's what you want. (You'll still get a text file if there is only text
data on the clipboard.)
Example: Clipboard
PASTE PREFERIMAGE
PREFERTEXT
/S
(no value)
When pasting data from the clipboard into a new file, image data is normally given priority over text data. (There are exceptions to this rule; see the PREFERIMAGE argument, above.)
Normally, if another program puts both text and image data into the clipboard and you then paste in Opus to save the data into a new file, the text data will be ignored and you'll get an image file (BMP, JPG, GIF or PNG).
For example, a paint program may place both a photo and a description of the photo into the clipboard, and pasting into Opus would normally create an image file containing the photo, not a text file containing the description.
The PREFERTEXT argument gives text priority over
images, so you'll get a text file in that situation instead. (You'll still
get an image file if there is only image data on the
clipboard.)
Example: Clipboard PASTE
PREFERTEXT
REGEXP
/K/M
<search> <replace> ...
In conjunction with COPYNAMES lets you perform regular
expression manipulation on the filenames as they are put into the
clipboard - effectively letting you determine your own clipboard
format.
The values specified for this argument are one or more
pairs of strings - the first of each pair is the pattern to search for,
and the second of each pair is the replace string. For example, to strip
off the suffixes of all filenames when they are copied to the clipboard,
the search string would be (.*)\.(.*) and the replacement
string would be
\1.
Example: Clipboard
COPYNAMES=nopaths REGEXP "(.*)\.(.*)" "\1"
SCREENSHOT
/O
(no value)
Takes a screenshot of the active Lister and copies it to the clipboard.
Equivalent to pushing Alt+PrtScr.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT
all
Takes a screenshot of the desktop and copies it to the clipboard.
Equivalent to pushing PrtScr.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=all
format
When the save argument is specified this lets you
specify the file format to save the screenshot in. Supported formats are
jpg, png, gif and
bmp.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=save,format:jpg
name
When the save argument is specified this lets you
configure the name to save the screenshot to. If not specified a default
name is used. You can insert the current date in the name using the
%date% code. Remember to enclose value of the
SCREENSHOT argument in quotes if your desired name contains
spaces.
Example: Clipboard
SCREENSHOT=save,name:My_Opus_%date
Example: Clipboard
SCREENSHOT "save,name:Opus Screenshot"
quality
When the save argument is specified and the screenshot is saved as a
jpeg image, this lets you specify the quality of the compressed
image.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=save,format:jpg,quality:85
quiet
Does not display a confirmation message after taking the
screenshot.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=all,quiet
save
The screenshot will be saved to the desktop automatically (as well as
copied to the clipboard). Use the format and
quality arguments to control the file type. You can
configure the name with the name argument.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=save
secure
Filenames will be blurred in the Lister when the screenshot is taken,
to obscure potentially sensitive information.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=all,secure
time
Displays a countdown timer before taking the screenshot.
Example: Clipboard SCREENSHOT=secure,time:10
SET
/K/R
user defined
Copies the supplied text to the
clipboard.
Example: Clipboard SET
{sourcepath}
USESEL
/S
(no value)
Modifies the behaviour of the PASTE and
PASTESHORTCUT functions. Normally files are pasted into
the current source folder. If you specify the USESEL
argument and a sub-folder is currently selected in the source
file display, the files will be pasted into that sub-folder. This is most
useful when used as a context menu command (so that you can right-click on
a folder and paste the clipboard contents into it).
This also works
with archives that Opus can write to - for example, if you add the
following command to the context menu for the Archives File type Group then you can
right-click on an existing archive file and paste the clipboard contents
directly into it.
Example: Clipboard PASTE
USESEL