fff

fff is a easy-to-use terminal file manager written in GO.

This repo is now waiting for new features(error handling/generics) of golang 2

Features

• Cross platform: macOS, Linux, BSD(not tested), windows(todo) etc
• Multiple contexts(aka tabs). Up to 4, use 1-4 key to switch through them
• Bookmark support
• Multiple directories show at mean time
• Jump to any file item you can see
• Filter file in multiple ways: by type, by modify time, by size, by name
• Customizable key bindings
• Spawn a sub shell in current directory
• Edit and preview text file
• Rename/Create files and directories
• Batch copy/move files/directories from any where you selected
• Copy with progress indicator
• Use SSH as local directory
• Use archive file as local directory

Installation

As it still under development, there is no pre-build binary available.

You can build it from source:

go get -u github.com/jacokoo/fff

Key bindings

Navigation:
      ↓, j    select next file                  ↑, k    select previous file                                                                                                                                
         J    select the last file                 K    select the first file
      →, l    open selected dir                 ←, h    close current dir
         f    filter files in current dir          F    clear filter
        ss    sort current dir by size            sm    sort current dir by modify time
        sn    sort current dir by name             g    refresh current dir
         d    toggle show file details             .    toggle show hidden files
         ,    remove the first opened dir     
         w    jump over all items displayed once   W    jump over all items displayed
         i    jump over the current dir once       I    jump over the current dir
1, 2, 3, 4    switch to corresponding context 
         ↵    open selected item use system default program
              ensure input (during input), cancel jump (during jump)
       esc    abort input (during input), cancel jump (during jump)
                                              
File:                                         
         m    toggle mark file                     u    toggle mark all items
         +    create new dir                       N    create new file
         R    rename selected file                 D    delete selected/marked items
         U    clear clips                          C    append selected/marked items to clip
         P    paste all cliped items to current dir
         M    move all cliped items to current dir
                                              
Bookmark:                                     
        bb    toggle show bookmark                bn    create bookmark
        bd    delete bookmark                 
        bw    jump over bookmark once             bW    jump over bookmark
                                              
Misc:                                         
 q, ctrl-q    Quit fff                             v    open selected file via pager
         !    start a shell in current dir         e    editor selected file
         ?    for help

Tutorial

Once fff is installed, use fff to start fff with current directory, or use fff PATH to specify the working directory.

Navigation

Use h, j, k, l or ←, ↓, ↑, → to navigate item

Use J to select the last item, K to select the first item

Use . to toggle show hidden file, d to toggle show details

Use g to refresh the current directory

Use Enter ↵ to open selected item via system default application

Jump mode(aka ace jump)

Via jump mode, its able to jump to any items(file, directory, bookmark) displayed in the screen.

After enter jump mode, there are at most two characters will be displaed in the head of the item. Type these two characters could make the item selected.

The first character is the heading charactor of the item, the second one is generated alphabetically.

There are three type of jump mode

• Jump over all, use key w or W
• Only for bookmarks, use key bw or bW
• Only for current directory, use key i or I

Uppercase key is used for continuous jump: it won't stop until the last jump is a file or an empty directory.

Filter

Filter is used to filter items in the current directory.

Use f to start input filters. Multiple filter can be combined(logical and) by a space.

Use F to clear all filters.

There are four type of filter:

• By last modify time

  Filter start with + is a by mtime filter. Three time unit are supported: hhours, ddays, mmonths

  e.g. :

  +2m means file is modified in recent 2 months

  +10h means file is modified in recent 10 hours

• By size

  Filter start with < or >is a by size filter. Three size unit are supported: kkibibyte, mMebibyte, gGibibyte

  e.g. :

  >1g means file size is greater then 1G

  <10.2m means file size is less then 10.2M

• By type

  FIlter start with : is a by type filter. Only two type supported: f file, d directory

  e.g. :

  :f only show files

  :d only show directories

• By name

  Otherwise the filter is a by name filter. The name of the file or directory must contains the entire string of the filter

Multiple filter example:

:f <1m +10d go means the item must be a file and the size of it must less then 10M and it is modified in recent 10 days and the name of it must contains go.

File operators

Use R to rename selected item

Use + to create new directory, use N to create new file

Use m to toggle mark item, use u to toggle mark all items in current directory

Use D to delete selected item or marked items

Use C to append selected item or marked items to clip for further use, use U to clear clip

Use P to paste clipped items to current directory and clear clip

Use M to move clipped items to current directory and clear clip

SSH

Create a text config file with extension .ssh.fff.

Options:

Key	Description	Mandatory	Default value
host	the ssh host IP or domain name	true
user	the ssh user	false	root
port	the ssh port	false	22
key	absolute path of the private key file used for auth	false
shell	shell to use when spawn a new sub shell	false	bash
editor	editor to use when edit remote file	false	vi
pager	pager to use when view remote file	false	less
timeout	ssh timeout	false	3s (3 seconds)

e.g. :

host: 192.168.1.249
user: jaco
key: /Users/jaco/.ssh/id_rsa

Auth sequence:

1. Use key file if supplied
2. Use ssh-agent
3. Ask for password

Customize

All settings are placed in config.yml, to override it, copy it to ~/.config/fff/config.yml and change things according to the format.

TODOS

• File duplicate in current folder

• Operates run in background with a spinner and cancelable

• Windows support

• Archive/Unarchive support(progress visible, cancelable)

• FTP integration

• HDFS integration(Maybe)