Enjoy the work with the fast and easy Linux command line file manager tool. A quick guide to installation and use. Manage all files faster.

 The Linux command line provides a fairly good set of file management commands. For example, copy, rename, delete, change access rights, etc. Of course, when working with files frequently, it is useful to optimize and facilitate our work. The solution is the so-called file managers. A simple Linux file manager written in Bash script can help us manage directories and files on a daily basis with ease and comfort. Yes, this project is truly unique in its simplicity, speed, and elegance. It supports several operating systems like Linux, BSD, macOS, and Haiku, including installation methods for them but also the standard manual installation via "Makefile". The size of the entire directory is only 76 kilobytes, and the size of the application is only 33 kilobytes! The file manager supports basic file operations (copying, moving, cutting, and completing commands with the Tab key). It also offers more serious features, such as a plugin for opening files for the popular command line Vim editor, and for opening images with the popular text web browser w3m!

 Installing Fucking Fast Linux File Manager

  Dependencies: 

 bash 3.2+

coreutils

• File operations. 

xdg-utils (optional).

for image display

• w3m-img
• xdotool for X.
• fbset for the framebuffer.

 Manual install 

Grab the latest release from GitHub, unzip it and enter the directory fff-2.2. Use the Wget tool to download the source files from the repository.

wget https://github.com/dylanaraps/fff/archive/refs/tags/2.2.zip
2022-07-16 18:25:31 (13.6 KB/s) - ‘2.2.zip.2’ saved [17931]
unzip 2.2.zip
Archive: 2.2.zip
5045c4ab91f559a3735619dacf604e37632160cf
creating: fff-2.2/
inflating: fff-2.2/.travis.yml
inflating: fff-2.2/LICENSE.md
inflating: fff-2.2/Makefile
inflating: fff-2.2/README.md
inflating: fff-2.2/fff
inflating: fff-2.2/fff.1
cd fff-2.2

For installation use command 'make install'.

ls -lha
total 76K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  185 Sep 17  2020 .
dr-xr-x--- 3 root root  318 Dec 26  2020 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  33K Sep 17  2020 fff
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.2K Sep 17  2020 fff.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1K Sep 17  2020 LICENSE.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  516 Sep 17  2020 Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10K Sep 17  2020 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  215 Sep 17  2020 .travis.yml
make install

 Usage of Fucking Fast Linux File Manager 

To start fff from the terminal type 'fff'.

This is the starting screen of the file manager. It opens the current directory and use vim key bindings.

fff
fff.1
LICENSE.md
Makefile
README.md

Here is a list of the most popular fff commands.

g: Go to top.
G: Go to bottom.
-: Go to previous directory.

down arrow: Scroll down.
up arrow: Scroll up.
left: Go to parent directory.
right: Go to child directory.

Y: Mark all for copy.
M: Mark all for move.
D: Mark all for trash (~/.local/share/fff/trash/).
S: Mark all for symbolic link.
B: Mark all for bulk rename.

.: Toggle hidden files.
/: Search.
t: Go to trash.
~: Go to home.
e: Refresh current directory.
!: Open shell in current directory.

To view file attributes select the file and use key 'x'.

Example of README.md file attributes.

(5/5) /root/fff-2.2/README.md
  File: /root/fff-2.2/README.md
  Size: 10183 Blocks: 24 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: ch/12d Inode: 229745 Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2020-09-17 13:15:31.000000000 +0300
Modify: 2020-09-17 13:15:31.000000000 +0300
Change: 2022-07-16 21:01:05.902000000 +0300
 Birth: -

Press 'q' to quit Fucking Fast file manager.

 Conclusion 

Modern distributions of the Linux operating system offer a convenient graphical interface, including a graphical tool for managing files. However, for many advanced users, it is convenient to use the good old terminal. Command line file managers allow more flexibility in working with the file system and manipulating files.

Check out another command-line solution, the Midnight Commander, as well as our free online tools.