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by apjana 6y ago
That'll print the list of files even in a populated directory like /usr/bin and leave me at the prompt with the last few files listed above. As soon as you want the list of files not to go away so you can control/manage&
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by apjana 6y ago
nnn has an in-built batch-renamer as well as a more powerful POSIX-compliant plugin to do that. List of features: https://github.com/jarun/nnn#features
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by apjana 6y ago
The problem with emacs-based solutions is the speed.
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by apjana 6y ago
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager. ;)
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by apjana 6y ago
Please read the first sentence in the project readme.
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by apjana 6y ago
Check out the config var `NNN_OPENER` and program option `-e`.
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by apjana 6y ago
Yes, cd, ls, mv, cp etc. don't help much in unknown territory.
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by apjana 6y ago
I found switching to fd challenging. fd makes some of the options easy. But find and fd are not syntactically the same. I guess I didn't spend enough time with it.
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by apjana 6y ago
OK, then let me tell you a story - if you see the `^` and `v` in the latest release, someone requested for those and I personally found them useful and added those on first request. A week later, someone else asked for a program option to d
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by apjana 6y ago
That's correct, we don't tend to add dispensable features without multiple users asking for it. Of course, features you demand would mean the world to you, but from where I stand, a feature bloat is the last thing in my mind. And
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by apjana 6y ago
Yes, that's the stand from the beginning and there are good reasons behind that. If you read the issue thread, we did spend a good amount of time discussing those keybinds and most users find them reasonable. Speaking of compiling, the
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by apjana 6y ago
> With ranger, I can even use it as an alternative to cd cd on quit works in nnn as well... and many other file managers.
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by apjana 6y ago
There are so many of them! GitHub, for example. ;)
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by apjana 6y ago
I answered to a similar question in the same thread (in response to the comment you replied to). Please take a look if that clarifies.
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by apjana 6y ago
You are looking for the benchmarks: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/pull/84
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by apjana 6y ago
Bookmarks you mean. Yes, in nnn you can jump to the bookmark from anywhere and then press `Alt-O` (my preferred key) to start the search. But you know what, let me share a smarter workflow: find . -iname "*.mp3" -print0 | nnn
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by apjana 6y ago
> They can be handy if you're in the middle of something else, and you need one without distraction. Add a drop-down temrminal file manager to the mix, so you never lose your context. ;)
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by apjana 6y ago
You'll enjoy it for sure!
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by apjana 6y ago
If your scripts do all of the following, you are already using a file manager: https://github.com/jarun/nnn#features
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by apjana 6y ago
Try to think of it as an endless ls-cd loop with tons of automated functionality few keypresses away. Also, please try the type-to-nav mode in nnn. Also, find/fzf etc. are useful as long as you are not on a slow disk and a mid-range An
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by apjana 6y ago
Thank you for the appreciation! The full feature list is not hidden, it's below because it got way too long (who would have thought?). The toggled one is a quick peek into some of the cool things users can do with nnn.
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Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager(github.com)
123 points by apjana 6y ago|103 comments
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by apjana 6y ago
Headline says it all. Shared for greater good and convenience. Other solutions like reading from proc and showing progress etc. unfortunately are too indirect. The project will be maintained. It's really convenient and used in one of t
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Advcpmv – A patch for GNU Core Utilities cp, mv to add progress bars(github.com)
2 points by apjana 6y ago|1 comments
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by apjana 6y ago
From those who haven't come across it, buku is a powerful bookmark manager written in Python3 and SQLite3. When I started writing it, I couldn't find a flexible command-line solution with a private, portable, merge-able database a
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Show HN: Buku – browser-independent private portable bookmark manager(github.com)
8 points by apjana 6y ago|1 comments
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by apjana 6y ago
It's here - https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Usage#configuration If that's not enough, can you be more specific?
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Terminal file manager nnn adds more colors and icons(github.com)
1 points by apjana 6y ago|0 comments
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by apjana 6y ago
This release has one of the most wanted features so far - preview hovered. The relevant wiki page has the details on the implementation and usage. Find & list would let you search in your favourite subtree search utility (find/fd&#
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Terminal file manager nnn brings previews, find and list, persistent session(github.com)
2 points by apjana 6y ago|1 comments

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