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FCD(1) Manual Page

NAME

fcd - Console file manager

SYNOPSIS

fcd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

fcd(1) (FranCommanDer) is a text based file manager that combines the best features of Midnight Commander and Ranger

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show command line options

-V, --version

Show program’s version number and exit

-P FILE, --printwd FILE

Print last working directory to FILE

-D FILE, --database FILE

Specify database file to use (default: $XDG_STATE_HOME/fcd/fcd.db) If FILE is the string :memory: a fast, but volatile RAM based database is used.

-n, --nodb

Do not use database (Takes precedence over -D)

-b, --nocolor

Requests to run in black and white

--vertical

Use vertical panel layout

-v FILE, --view FILE

File viewer

-t TABSIZE, --tabsize TABSIZE

Set tab size for the file viewer (default: the tab size specified in the config file)

KEY BINDINGS

GENERAL

ESC

Return to normal mode (like Vim) and reset file filter

q, Q, 0, F10

Exit

CTRL-R

Reload panels

CTRL-L

Redraw screen

CTRL-U

Swap panels

CTRL-O

Show console output

ALT-Q

Toggle quick view on other panel

CTRL-P

Find file (fuzzy finder like fzf)

TAB

Change active panel

ALT-I

Set the other panel to the current directory

ALT-O

Set the other panel to the highlited directory

ALT-V

Toggle vertical panel layout

v, 3, F3

View file with the selected pager / Enter directory

e, 4, F4

Edit file/directory with the selected editor

7, F7

Make directory

PANEL

h, LEFT

Go to the parent directory

j, DOWN

Go to the next list element

k, UP

Go to the previous list element

l, RIGHT, ENTER

Enter directory / Follow symlink / Open file with the selected opener

o

Open archive as a read-only directory

x

Execute selected file

g, HOME, CTRL-HOME

Go to the top of the list

G, END, CTRL-END

Go to the bottom of the list

CTRL-B, PAGE UP

Go up a page in the list

CTRL-F, PAGE DOWN

Go down a page in the list

f, /

Filter list (fuzzy finder like fzf)

BACKSPACE

Show/Hide hidden files

SORTING

sn

Sort by Name

sN

Sort by Name (Reverse)

se

Sort by Extension

sE

Sort by Extension (Reverse)

sd

Sort by Date & Time

sD

Sort by Date & Time (Reverse)

ss

Sort by Size

sS

Sort by Size (Reverse)

BOOKMARKS

mKEY

Add current directory to the bookmark named KEY

'KEY

Go to the bookmark named KEY

''

Go to the previous directory (2 times ', not ")

RENAME

r, cc, cw

Rename file (replace)

ce

Rename file (replace before extension)

i, I

Rename file (insert)

a

Rename file (append before extension)

A

Rename file (append after extension)

SELECT (TAG) FILES

INSERT, SPACE

Toggle tag on selected file

*

Toggle tag on all files

t

Tag selected file

T

Tag all files

u

Untag selected file

U

Untag all files

+

Tag files that match the shell wildcard pattern

-, \

Untag files that match the shell wildcard pattern

OPERATIONS ON TAGGED FILES

5, F5

Copy tagged files (or selected file)

6, F6

Move tagged files (or selected file)

8, F8

Delete tagged files (or selected file)

SHELL

:, !

Execute a shell command

SUBSTITUTIONS

The following substitutions are available for the shell, mkdir, rename, copy and move commands:

%f

The current file

%n

The current file name without extension

%e

The current file extension (including the leading .)

%d

The full path of the current directory

%b

The name of the current directory (basename)

%s

The tagged files, if none the current file

%t

The tagged files

%F

The file in the other panel

%N

The name of the file in the other panel without extension

%E

The extension of the file in the other panel (including the leading .)

%D

The full path of the directory of the other panel

%B

The name of the directory of the other panel (basename)

%S

The tagged files of the other panel, if none the file in the other panel

%T

The tagged files of the other panel

%%

The % character

There is no need to enclose these substitutions in quotes

EXAMPLE

!mpv %t

Opens the tagged files with mpv

FILES

fcd(1) respects the XDG Base Directory specification. If the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is not set, the default ~/.config directory will be used instead.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fcd/fcd-config.toml

The fcd(1) configuration file

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fcd/bookmarks

The currently saved bookmarks

/usr/bin/fcd

The main executable

/usr/share/fcd/fcd.fish

Copy this file to ~/.config/fish/functions/ to cd to the last directory when using the fish shell

/usr/share/fcd/fcd.sh

Source this file in ~/.bashrc to cd to the last directory when using bash

SEE ALSO

fcd-view(1)

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Franco Bugnano. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).