The RNR File Manager (RNR’s Not Ranger) is a text based file manager that combines the best features of Midnight Commander and Ranger.
It aims to be a robust file copier.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Very fast file and directory browser with Vim-style keys and powerful fuzzy filter.
- Explore compressed archives as normal read-only directories (requires archivefs or archivemount).
- Fast directory jumping with bookmarks.
- Many file rename options.
- Robust file copy engine with minimal user interaction. Great for copying large amounts of data reliably.
- Text and binary file viewer with line numbers and syntax highlighting for text, and masked data for binary, with optional hex display mode for both formats.
- Optional file and directory preview in the other panel.
- If the internal file viewer is not used, view files with the selected pager (default: less).
- Edit files with the selected editor (default: vi).
- Open files with the selected opener (default: xdg-open).
- Execute shell commands, with macro substitutions to easily manipulate the tagged files.
cd to the last visited directory on exit (compatible with bash and fish).
Website: github.com/bugnano/rnr
Support:
Developer: Franco Bugnano
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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