Show HN: nnn – the missing terminal file manager for X

apjana · on Aug 10, 2018

  # Features

  - Modes - basic, detail, disk usage analyzer (du)
  - Navigation
    - Familiar, easy shortcuts (arrows, `~`, `-`, `&`)
    - *Navigate-as-you-type* mode with dir auto-select for the maverick
    - Handy bookmarks, start at bookmark, pin and visit directory
    - chdir prompt with tab completion (interprets cd ..... too!)
    - Roll-over at edges, page through entries
    - Show directories in custom color (default: enabled in blue)
  - Sorting
    - Directories always listed on top
    - Sort by file name, modification time, size
    - Numeric order (1, 2, ... 10, 11, ...) for numeric names
  - Search
    - Superfast directory content filtering with *search-as-you-type*
    - Desktop search (gnome-search-tool, catfish) integration
  - Mimes
    - Open with desktop opener (default) or specify a custom app
    - Create, list and extract archives (needs atool)
    - Optionally open text files in EDITOR (fallback vi)
    - Customizable bash script [nlay](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/all-about-nlay) to handle actions
  - Information
    - Detailed stat-like file information
    - Media information (needs mediainfo or exiftool, if specified)
  - Convenience
    - Create, rename files and directories
    - Batch rename/move/delete current directory entries in vidir (from moreutils)
    - Spawn SHELL (fallback sh) in the current directory
    - Run custom scripts in the current directory
    - Copy absolute file paths with/without X (*easy* shell integration)
    - Change directory at exit (*easy* shell integration)
    - Open any file in EDITOR (fallback vi) or PAGER (fallback less)
    - Open current directory in a custom GUI file manager
    - Terminal screensaver/locker (default vlock, customizable) integration
  - Unicode support
  - Highly optimized code, minimal resource usage