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diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod index beaf1030..e418e1ea 100644 --- a/doc/ranger.pod +++ b/doc/ranger.pod @@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ ranger. For your convenience, this is a list of the "public" commands including relink newpath rename newname save_copy_buffer + scout [-FLAGS] pattern search pattern search_inc pattern set option value @@ -944,6 +945,29 @@ will fail. Also try the key binding A for appending something to a file name. Save the copy buffer to I<~/.config/ranger/copy_buffer>. This can be used to pass the list of copied files to another ranger instance. +=item scout [-I<flags>...] [--] I<pattern> + +Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files. +The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to +influence its behaviour: + + -a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match + -e = open the selected file when pressing enter + -f = filter files that match the current search pattern + -g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern + -i = ignore the letter case of the files + -k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command + -l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme" + -m = mark the matching files after pressing enter + -M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter + -p = permanent filter: hide non-matching files after pressing enter + -s = smart case; like -i unless pattern contains upper case letters + -t = apply filter and search pattern as you type + -v = inverts the match + +Multiple flags can be combined. For example, ":scout -gpt" would create +a :filter-like command using globbing. + =item search I<pattern> Search files in the current directory that match the given (case insensitive) |