ranger 1.9.2
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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.
For `mc` aficionados there's also the multi-pane viewmode.
This file describes ranger and how to get it to run. For instructions on the
usage, please read the man page (`man ranger` in a terminal). 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`
(see [instructions](#getting-started)).
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
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* Authors: see `AUTHORS` file
* License: GNU General Public License Version 3
* Website: https://ranger.github.io/
* Download: https://ranger.github.io/ranger-stable.tar.gz
* Bug reports: https://github.com/ranger/ranger/issues
* git clone https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git
Design Goals
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* 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
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* 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
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* Python (`>=2.6` or `>=3.1`) with the `curses` module
and (optionally) wide-unicode support
* A pager (`less` by default)
### Optional dependencies
For general usage:
* `file` for determining file types
* `chardet` (Python package) for improved encoding detection of text files
* `sudo` to use the "run as root" feature
* `python-bidi` to display right-to-left file names correctly (Hebrew, Arabic)
For enhanced file previews (with `scope.sh`):
* `img2txt` (from `caca-utils`) for ASCII-art image previews
* `w3mimgdisplay`, `ueberzug`, `kitty`, `terminology` or `urxvt` for image
previews
* `convert` (from `imagemagick`) to auto-rotate images and for SVG previews
* `ffmpegthumbnailer` for video thumbnails
* `highlight` or `pygmentize` for syntax highlighting of code
* `atool`, `bsdtar`, `unrar` and/or `7z` to preview archives
* `bsdtar`, `tar`, `unrar` and/or `unzip` to preview archives as their first
image
* `lynx`, `w3m` or `elinks` to preview html pages
* `pdftotext` or `mutool` for textual `pdf` previews, `pdftoppm` to preview as
image
* `djvutxt` for textual DjVu previews, `ddjvu` to preview as image
* `calibre` or `epub-thumbnailer` for image previews of ebooks
* `transmission-show` for viewing BitTorrent information
* `mediainfo` or `exiftool` for viewing information about media files
* `odt2txt` for OpenDocument text files (`odt`, `ods`, `odp` and `sxw`)
* `python` or `jq` for JSON files
* `fontimage` for font previews
Installing
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Use the package manager of your operating system to install ranger.
You can also install ranger through PyPI: ```pip install ranger-fm```.
Check current version:
