Command Reference

Commands are organised into menus. The active menu is shown in the bottom bar. Switch menus with the function keys listed below.

Directory menu (default)

Active when the tree panel or file list has focus and no sub-menu is open.

Key	Command	Description
`a`	Attributes	Change directory permissions, owner, group, or date
`c`	Compare	Compare files in two directories and tag by criteria
`d`	Delete	Delete the current directory
`e`	Edit	Edit / create a file
`f`	Filespec	Change the file filter specification
`g`	Global	Show all files across all logged nodes
`i`	Invert	Invert tag status of all files in the current directory
`l`	Link	Create a symbolic link to a directory
`m`	Make Dir	Create a new directory
`n`	Node	Log a new node or relog an existing one
`p`	Print	Print a catalogue, all paths, or the directory tree
`q`	Quit	Quit UnixTree
`r`	Rename	Rename the current directory
`s`	Showall	Show all files in the current node
`t`	Tag	Tag all files in the current directory
`u`	Untag	Untag all files in the current directory
`v`	aVailable	Show free space on all mounted filesystems
`x`	eXec	Shell escape
`+`	Relog	Relog the current directory
`*`	Relog recursive	Relog an entire sub-node recursively
`-`	Unlog	Unlog the current directory

Key	Command	Description
`g`	Tag Global	Show all tagged files across all logged nodes
`i`	Tag Invert	Invert tag status of all files
`s`	Tag Showall	Show all tagged files in the current node
`t`	Tag Tag	Tag all files in the current node
`u`	Tag Untag	Untag all files in the current node

Key	Command	Description
`c`	Compact	Compact a sub-node
`d`	Directory display	Change the directory display format
`f`	File display	Change the file display format
`g`	Graft	Graft a sub-node to another node
`i`	Alt Invert	Invert the tag status of selected files
`n`	Alt Node	Release the current node and log a new one
`p`	Prune	Prune a sub-node
`q`	Quit	Checkpoint all nodes and quit
`r`	Release	Release a logged node
`s`	Sort	Change display order for all files
`t`	Alt Tag	Tag all selected files
`u`	Alt Untag	Untag all selected files
F5	Alt Hide	Hide all directories deeper than the current level
F6	Alt Show	Show all directories below a certain level
F10	Configure	Open the configuration utility

Active when the file list has focus.

Key	Command	Description
`a`	Attributes	Change file permissions, owner, group, or date
`b`	Backup	Back up the current file
`c`	Copy	Copy the current file
`d`	Delete	Delete the current file
`e`	Edit	Edit the current file
`x`	Extract	Extract files from an archive
`f`	Filespec	Change the file filter specification
`g`	Goto	Jump to the first file matching a spec
`i`	Invert	Invert the tag status of the current file
`l`	Link	Link the current file to another
`m`	Move	Move the current file
`n`	Node	Log a new node or relog an existing one
`o`	Open	Execute the file or its associated shell script
`p`	Print	Print the current file
`q`	Quit	Quit UnixTree
`r`	Rename	Rename the current file
`s`	Restore	Restore files from a backup
`t`	Tag	Tag the current file
`u`	Untag	Untag the current file
`v`	View	View the current file
`x`	eXec	Execute a system command
F2	Relog	Relog the current directory

Key	Command	Description
`a`	Tag Attributes	Change attributes of all tagged files
`b`	Tag Backup	Back up all tagged files
`c`	Tag Copy	Copy all tagged files
`d`	Tag Delete	Delete all tagged files
`x`	Extract	Extract all tagged files from an archive
`h`	Shellscript	Create a shell script from all tagged filenames
`i`	Tag Invert	Invert the tag status of all files
`l`	Tag Link	Link all tagged files
`m`	Tag Move	Move all tagged files
`o`	Compare	Compare all tagged files with the current file
`p`	Tag Print	Print all tagged files
`r`	Tag Rename	Rename all tagged files
`s`	Tag Search	Search all tagged files for text
`t`	Tag Tag	Tag all files
`u`	Tag Untag	Untag all files
`v`	Tag View	View all tagged files
`x`	Tag eXec	Execute a command with all tagged files as arguments

Key	Command	Description
`c`	Alt Copy	Copy tagged files, preserving directory structure
`d`	Directory display	Change the directory display format
`f`	File display	Change the file display format
`i`	Alt Invert	Invert the tag status of selected files
`n`	Alt Node	Release all current nodes and log a new one
`q`	Quit	Checkpoint logged nodes and quit
`r`	Release node	Release the current node
`s`	Sort	Change display order for all files
`t`	Alt Tag	Tag selected files
`u`	Alt Untag	Untag selected files
F2	Relog dir	Relog the current directory
F6	Merge tags	Merge tags between split windows
F10	Resolve link	Resolve a symbolic link

Displays a preview of the current file alongside the file list.

Key	Command	Description
`e`	Edit	Edit the current file
`f`	Filespec	Change the file filter specification
`g`	Goto	Jump to the first file matching a spec
`i`	Invert	Invert tag status of the current file
`p`	Print	Print the current file
`q`	Quit	Quit UnixTree
`s`	Search	Search for text in the current file
`t`	Tag	Tag the current file
`u`	Untag	Untag the current file
`v`	View	View the current file
`A`	Ascii	Display file in ASCII format
`D`	Dump	Display file in dump format
`H`	Hex	Display file in hex format
`K`	Keep mode	Lock the current display format
`M`	Mask	Mask off unprintable characters
`W`	Wrap	Display file in wrap format
`T`	Tab width	Toggle tab stop between 4 and 8
F9	Srch prev	Search for previous occurrence of text
F10	Srch next	Search for next occurrence of text

Full-screen file viewer.

Key	Command	Description
`e`	Edit	Edit the current file
`p`	Print	Print the current file
`q`	Quit	Return to the file list
`s`	Search	Search for text
`A`	Ascii	Display in ASCII format
`D`	Dump	Display in dump format
`H`	Hex	Display in hex format
`K`	Keep mode	Lock the current display format
`M`	Mask	Mask off unprintable characters
`W`	Wrap	Display in wrap format
`T`	Tab width	Toggle tab stop between 4 and 8
F5	Prev file	Jump to the previous file
F6	Next file	Jump to the next file
F9	Srch prev	Search for previous occurrence
F10	Srch next	Search for next occurrence

Key	Command	Description
F1	Help	Context-sensitive help
`!`	Shell escape	Drop to a shell prompt
`@`	Refresh	Redraw the screen
`#`	Version	Display the current version number
`$`	Memory usage	Show memory currently in use
`%`	Print-screen	Print the current screen contents