[BUG] Images are always injected as binaries on Linux - can't provide a path

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Currently, I have no way to provide Claude with the path to an image.

I:

• Copy location (path of image resource).
• Paste into terminal (I'm using Konsole)

But:

• Claude Code automatically ingests it as an image binary which it then can't process because it doesn't have the raw path and I have no way of providing it

<img width="1908" height="522" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d67dfe7e-0ee2-4356-8bd5-f62b65b91719" />

What Should Happen?

Paste a path (raw text): Claude Code CLI gets raw path

Paste an image (image encoded data on clipboad): Claude Code gets the image data

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Run Claude Code on Ubuntu with KDE Plasma and Konsole and try pasting an image path

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.81

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_