ranger v.1.8.1 ============== [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ranger/ranger.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ranger/ranger) ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. It ships with `rifle`, a file launcher that is good at automatically finding out which program to use for what file type. ![screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ranger/ranger-assets/master/screenshots/screenshot.png) This file describes ranger and how to get it to run. For instructions on the usage, please read the man page. See `HACKING.md` for development specific information. For configuration, check the files in `ranger/config/` or copy the default config to `~/.config/ranger` with `ranger --copy-config`. The `examples/` directory contains several scripts and plugins that demonstrate how ranger can be extended or combined with other programs. These files can be found in the git repository or in `/usr/share/doc/ranger`. A note to packagers: Versions meant for packaging are listed in the changelog on the website. About ----- * Authors: see `AUTHORS` file * License: GNU General Public License Version 3 * Website: http://ranger.nongnu.org/ * Download: http://ranger.nongnu.org/ranger-stable.tar.gz * Bug reports: https://github.com/hut/ranger/issues * git clone http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/ranger.git Design Goals ------------ * An easily maintainable file manager in a high level language * A quick way to switch directories and browse the file system * Keep it small but useful, do one thing and do it well * Console based, with smooth integration into the unix shell Features -------- * UTF-8 Support (if your python copy supports it) * Multi-column display * Preview of the selected file/directory * Common file operations (create/chmod/copy/delete/...) * Renaming multiple files at once * VIM-like console and hotkeys * Automatically determine file types and run them with correct programs * Change the directory of your shell after exiting ranger * Tabs, bookmarks, mouse support Dependencies ------------ * Python (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.1-3.5) with the `curses` module and (optionally) wide-unicode support. * A pager (`less` by default) Optional: * The `file` program for determining file types * The python module `chardet`, in case of encoding detection problems * `sudo` to use the "run as root"-feature * `w3m` for the `w3mimgdisplay` program to preview images Optional, for enhanced file previews (with `scope.sh`): * `img2txt` (from `caca-utils`) for ASCII-art image previews * `highlight` or `pygmentize` for syntax highlighting of code * `atool`, `acat`, `bsdtar` and/or `unrar` for previews of archives * `lynx`, `w3m` or `elinks` for previews of html pages * `pdftotext` for pdf previews * `transmission-show` for viewing bit-torrent information * `mediainfo` or `exiftool` for viewing information about media files * `odt2txt` for OpenDocument text files (`odt`, `ods`, `odp` and `sxw`) Installing ---------- Use the package manager of your operating system to install ranger. Note that ranger can be started without installing by simply running `ranger.py`. To install ranger manually: ``` sudo make install ``` This translates roughly to: ``` sudo python setup.py install --optimize=1 --record=install_log.txt ``` This also saves a list of all installed files to `install_log.txt`, which you can use to uninstall ranger. Getting Started --------------- After starting ranger, you can use the Arrow Keys or `h` `j` `k` `l` to navigate, `Enter` to open a file or type `Q` to quit. The third column shows a preview of the current file. The second is the main column and the first shows the parent directory. Ranger can automatically copy default configuration files to `~/.config/ranger` if you run it with the switch `--copy-co