Last File Manager (lfm) is a console-based file manager for Unix-like operating systems. It provides a curses interface with single-pane and dual-pane layouts, allowing users to navigate directories and manage files entirely from the terminal.
The application combines traditional file management with an advanced command interface called PowerCLI. This allows users to execute commands directly from the file manager, automate repetitive operations, and work with selected files without switching to a separate shell.
Last File Manager also provides integrated searching, directory navigation history, archive browsing, and extensive customisation options. Its keyboard-oriented interface makes it particularly useful for users who prefer terminal-based workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Single-pane and dual-pane file management with support for multiple tabs.
- Copy, move, rename, delete, and create files and directories using keyboard shortcuts.
- Virtual filesystem support for browsing compressed archives, including tar, zip, rar, and 7z files.
- Navigate nested archives without manually extracting their contents.
- Directory tree view for navigating the filesystem hierarchy.
- PowerCLI command interface with command completion, variable substitution, and persistent history.
- Execute commands against multiple selected files using PowerCLI loops.
- Integrated find and grep functionality with the option to display matching files in a virtual filesystem.
- File filtering using glob patterns, with filters retained independently for each tab.
- Up to 35 directory bookmarks for quickly returning to frequently visited locations.
- Persistent navigation, command, search, and execution histories.
- Fast access to the system shell without closing the file manager.
- Customisable keyboard shortcuts and colour themes.
- File colouring based on filename extensions.
- Dialogs with filename and directory completion.
- File and directory permission management, including changing ownership and group assignments.
- Directory size calculation and filesystem information display.
- Archive compression and extraction using supported external utilities.
- Integration with external file editors and viewers, with less as the default pager.
- Support for UTF-8 filenames and optional handling of wide characters used in East Asian languages.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.
Website: inigo.katxi.org/devel/lfm
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Developer: Iñigo Serna
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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