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Abstract

Minimal File Manager is a little console program written in C. POSIX only.

This program has no dependencies. For building just type:

make

or, if there is no make in your system:

cc *.c -o mfm -I. -O2

Then, you can put executable mfm to any $PATH directory.

Run program:

mfm [dir1 [dir2 [...]]]

All dirs will be opened in tabs (can be opened no more than ten tabs).

Tab - create new tab
Ctrl+W - close current tab (quit from program with closing last tab)
Space or Insert - select/unselect current item
+ or = - select all items in tab
- or _ - unselect all items
Home End - go to the start or to the end of file list
PgUp PgDn - go up or down throw five items of file list
Delete - delete current or selected files/directories
Enter:
- go to the directory;
- open current or selected files
- run current executable
D - make new dir
E - execute shell command with delay (expression %f will be replaced by current or selected file names, %%f will be replaced by %f)
Ctrl-E - same, but without delay
S - run shell
R - rename file/directory
U - update current list
H - show/hide hidden files
G - select directory from bookmarks and go to it
Ctrl-G - go to any directory
J - jump to directory item at current list
Ctrl-J - jump to file item at current list
C - copy all selected items at all tabs except current to the directory of current tab
M - same way move items
Q - quit from program

$HOME/.local/etc/mfm/ext - commands to be applied for files with a certain extension. Every line in file looks like: last symbols of file name=command to be applied . Example: .mkv=mpv %f --fs . %f will be replaced with file names, %%f - by %f . Also, it's possible to specify only last symbols, then will be used last specified command;
$HOME/.local/etc/mfm/bookmarks - some directories. Used by G command