Vifm

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Vifm is curses based Vim-like file manager extended with some useful ideas from mutt. If you use Vim, Vifm gives you complete keyboard control over your files without having to learn a new set of commands. It goes not just about Vim-like keybindings, but also about modes, options, registers, commands and other things you might already like in Vim.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for app-misc/vifm Console file manager with vi(m)-like keybindings

`X`	Add support for X11
`developer`	Enable features of interest to developers
`extended-keys`	Support for extended keys (arrows, home etc)
`gtk`	Use gtk+ to determine mimetypes
`magic`	Add support for file type detection via magic bytes (usually via libmagic from sys-apps/file)
`vim`	Install the vifm vim plugin and vim-compatible documentation
`vim-syntax`	Pulls in related vim syntax scripts

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask app-misc/vifm

Usage

Vifm can be used with one command:

user $vifm

Invocation

user $vifm --help

vifm usage:

  To read list of files from stdin use

    vifm -

  To start in a specific directory give the directory path.

    vifm /path/to/start/dir/one
    or
    vifm /path/to/start/dir/one  /path/to/start/dir/two

  To open file using associated program pass its path to vifm.

  If no path is given vifm will start in the current working directory.

  vifm --select <path>
    open parent directory of the given path and select specified file
    in it.

  vifm -f
    makes vifm instead of opening files write selection to
    $VIFM/vimfiles and quit.

  vifm --choose-files <path>|-
    sets output file to write selection into on exit instead of
    opening files.  "-" means standard output.

  vifm --choose-dir <path>|-
    sets output file to write last visited directory into on exit.
    "-" means standard output.

  vifm --delimiter <delimiter>
    sets separator for list of file paths written out by vifm.

  vifm --on-choose <command>
    sets command to be executed on selected files instead of opening
    them.  Command can use any of command macros.

  vifm --logging[=<startup log path>]
    log some operational details $VIFM/log.  If the optional startup
    log path is specified and permissions allow to open it for
    writing, then logging of early initialization (before value of
    $VIFM is determined) is put there.

  vifm --server-list
    list available server names and exit.

  vifm --server-name <name>
    name of target or this instance.

  vifm --remote
    passes all arguments that left in command line to vifm server.

  vifm --remote-expr <expr>
    passes expression to vifm server and prints result.

  vifm -c <command> | +<command>
    run <command> on startup.

  vifm --help | -h
    show this help message and quit.

  vifm --version | -v
    show version number and quit.

  vifm --no-configs
    don't read vifmrc and vifminfo.

External resources

vifm