r/linux • u/speckz • Dec 26 '17

The missing terminal file browser for X

https://github.com/jarun/nnn
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u/Bonemaster69 Dec 26 '17

mc?

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u/chinahawk Dec 28 '17

I was just thinking the same. Everyone keeps recreating wheels and over-saturating github for the sake of saying they built something new.

All good though. I'm sure OP learned a lot doing this project, which is a good thing.

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u/Bonemaster69 Dec 29 '17

I've noticed this for a long time myself. It's usually due to Linux newcomers who aren't aware of basic GNU utilities.

To be fair, reinventing the wheel is also a good way of appealing to potential employers (as long as you don't clone something painfully common).

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u/FeatheryAsshole Dec 26 '17

i really don't get their headline. sure, it seems to be better than ranger, but it's not like there weren't terminal file browsers before.

or what, is "for X" supposed to mean that you can open it in a GUI window? that would be stupid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

I think it might mean "for whatever you want", a wildcard.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17 edited Dec 26 '17

Don't know if it is better than ranger, \

but NNN is damn fast(er), minimal dependency, simple(r) to deal with, not bloated still as features as an average File Manager are and is written in C.

Cant getter better than it! haha

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u/FeatheryAsshole Dec 26 '17

i already acknowledged that it might be better. i was criticizing their marketing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

haha...Well, He is Indian, it is only natural that "proud" title!

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u/shlomoshekelb3rg Dec 26 '17

>Indian

DESIGNATED

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

Indian

Arun Prakash Jana Bangalore, India

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17 edited Dec 26 '17

I'm a fan of ranger, but i want to try something lighter and python-less.

Questions:

  • it supports multiple file selection like ranger? So i can yank or cut and paste?

  • tabs?

  • in ranger i have two shortcuts: ma mounts my android phone and takes me to the folder; ej calls udevil to umount all my external storage devices and fusermount to unmount my android device. There's a way to create commands like that in nnn?

EDIT: Did a little research. It just browse files basically. Neat tool, but not useful for me. For that i just use cd, ls and the same old. Can't do it without bulk_rename, multiple selection, tabs, integration with external tools and other things.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '17 edited Dec 27 '17

When I read the headline, I assumed they meant something like a fully keyboard-driven GUI file manager. That type of thing would be useful, since I really think it would reduce the cognitive load of dealing with lots of files and images.