ranger.md

Ranger: File Browsing

Basic commands

Actions

• Space: Select - unselect file or directory
• Del: delete specific file or directory
• o: change sort order
• y: copy/yank file/dir
• p: paste what is yanked
• dd: delete (it is in the yank register)
• dD: delete!!
• A: rename file/folder

Tab management

• -n: open new tab
• ab: switch to next tab
• -w: close tab
• t/gT: change tab
• q: undo quit, restore tab
• lt-1/Alt-9: switch to tab N

Navigation

• h,i,j,k: navigation filesystem
• gh: go to home directory
• go: go to root directory
• f: find filename
• /: search filemame
• n/N: next/previous
• q: back from pager/quit pager

Help

• 1?: keybinding help
• 2?: command help

On files

• Enter: open with default program
• i: open with pager (less in general)

Advanced section

Tmux

• w: open in new tmux window
• f: split horizontal in tmux pane
• v: split verical in tmux pane

Marks

• m<Char>: set mark 'Char'
• '<Char>: jump to mark 'Char'

Cheatsheet

General

Shortcut	Description
ranger	Start Ranger
Q	Quit Ranger
R	Reload current directory
?	Ranger Manpages / Shortcuts

Movement

Shortcut	Description
k	up
j	down
h	parent directory
l	subdirectory
gg	go to top of list
G	go t bottom of list
J	half page down
K	half page up
H	History Back
L	History Forward
~	Switch the view

File Operations

Shortcut	Description
<Enter>	Open
r	open file with
z	toggle settings
o	change sort order
zh	view hidden files
cw	rename current file
yy	yank / copy
dd	cut
pp	paste
/	search for files :search
n	next match
N	prev match
<delete>	Delete
zf + expression	setting a filter list
zf + Enter	Reset filter list
v	select everything

Commands

Shortcut	Description
:	Execute Range Command
!	Execute Shell Command
chmod	Change file Permissions
du	Disk Usage Current Directory
S	Run the terminal in your current ranger window (exit to go back to ranger)

Tabs

Shortcut	Description
C-n	Create new tab
C-w	Close current tab
tab	Next tab
shift + tab	Previous tab
alt + [n]	goto / create [n] tab

File substituting

Shortcut	Description
%f	Substitute highlighted file
%d	Substitute current directory
%s	Substitute currently selected files
%t	Substitute currently tagged files

Example for substitution

:bulkrename %s

Marker

Shortcut	Description
m + <letter>	Create Marker
um + <letter>	Delete Marker
' + <letter>	Go to Marker
t	tag a file with an *
t"<any>	tag a file with your desired mark