The FCD File Manager (FranCommanDer) is a text based file manager for Linux.
It is the continuation of rnr and is designed to combine the strengths of Midnight Commander and Ranger in a single executable. The project focuses on robust file copying, fast navigation, fuzzy filtering and finding, archive browsing, and efficient file operations from a terminal user interface.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Offers a very fast file and directory browser with Vim-style keys plus fuzzy filtering and fuzzy finding.
- Provides a robust file copy engine designed to minimise user interaction during long copy operations.
- Can explore compressed archives as normal read-only directories when used with archivefs or archivemount.
- Includes fast directory jumping with bookmarks.
- Supports many file renaming options.
- Features text and binary file viewing with line numbers, syntax highlighting for text, masked binary data, and optional hex display mode.
- Supports optional file and directory preview in the opposite panel.
- Can open files with the selected pager, editor, or system opener.
- Allows execution of shell commands with macro substitutions for tagged files.
- Can change to the last visited directory on exit with bash and fish shell integration.
Website: github.com/bugnano/fcd
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Developer: Franco Bugnano
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
FCD is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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