Ranger

Ranger is a tui file manager written in python

Installation

sudo apt install ranger

Keybindings

Navigation

• j/k - Move down/up
• h/l - Move left/right (parent/child directories)
• H/L - Move back/forward in history
• gg/G - Go to top/bottom
• <number>G - Go to line number

File Operations

• <Enter> - Open file/directory
• r - Open with application
• yy - Copy (yank) file
• dd - Cut file
• pp - Paste file
• po - Paste and overwrite
• pl - Paste as symlink
• dD - Delete file (with confirmation)

Directory Operations

• cw - Rename file/directory
• I - Rename (prepend to name)
• A - Rename (append to name)
• :mkdir <name> - Create directory
• :touch <name> - Create file

View and Search

• zh - Toggle hidden files
• zp - Toggle preview
• / - Search forward
• ? - Search backward
• n/N - Next/previous search result

Tabs and Bookmarks

• gn/<C-n> - New tab
• gt/<C-t> - Next tab
• gT - Previous tab
• gc/<C-w> - Close tab
• m<letter> - Set bookmark
• '<letter> - Go to bookmark

Quick Actions

• <Space> - Select file
• v - Invert selection
• uv - Remove all selections
• S - Open shell in current directory
• Q - Quit ranger