Ranger Cheat Sheet

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Ranger file manager keyboard shortcuts.

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General

ranger
Start Ranger
q
Quit Ranger
r
Reload current directory
?
Ranger Manpag­es/­Sho­rtcuts

Movement

k
Up
j
Down
h
Parent directory
l
Subdir­ectory
i
preview file
gg
Go to top of list
G
Go to bottom of list
J
Half-page down
K
Half-page up
H
History back
L
History foward
~
Switch the view

Tabs

C-n
Create new tab
C-w
Close current tab
<ta­b>
Next tab
<sh­ift> + <ta­b>
Previous tab
<al­t> + [x]
goto / create [x] tab

Marker

m + [x]
Create Marker
um + [x]
Delete Marker
' + [x]
Go to Marker
t
tag a file with an *
t + '­' + [x]
tag a file with your desired mark

File Operations

<en­ter>
Open
r
Open file with
z
Toggle settings
o
Change sort order
zh
View hidden files
cw
Rename current file
yy
Copy
dd
Cut
pp
Paste
/
Search for files (:search)
n
Next match
N
Previous match
<de­let­e>
Delete

Commands

:
Execute Range command
!
Execute Shell command
chmod
Change file permis­sions
du
Disk usage current directory
S
Run the terminal in your current ranger window (exit to go back to ranger)

File substi­tuting

%f
Substitute highli­ghted file
%d
Substitute current directory
%s
Substitute currently selected files
%t
Substitute currently tagged files
Example for substi­tution
:bulkr­ename %s

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