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Sometimes Nautilus' icon thumbnails and/or metadata for a file, photo, or folder just aren't good enough to make sure it's the desired file.

Is there an app for Ubuntu similar to Mac OSX's "Quick Look" feature in order to get a closer look without opening the file?

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GNOME Sushi can add a Mac OSX style "Quick Look" feature to the Nautilus file manager. It is not installed by default, but you can install it. Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-sushi

How to use: Just select a file and tap the Space bar to see a larger (and sometimes interactive) preview.

Features:

  1. It can provide an instant preview of a folder, image, music or a video file using the GStreamer framework.

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  2. Sushi also supports previewing most plain text documents, including scripts with syntax highlighting, PDFs, and HTML files.

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It's a quick and effective way to take a quick peek at PDFs, photos, MP3s, videos, and other documents without having to fully open them.

Note: Unfortunately, unlike OSX, Sushi doesn't update the preview window if you move off of it and select other files. Source

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    I can add that in the version 3.34.0-2 (which is the current one on ubuntu 20.04) the preview successfully updates when changing the focus via arrow keys or mouse. – bjrne Jan 03 '23 at 00:21