What terminal file manager that you use, if any?

ranger is another good one. I very rarely end up using a terminal file manager though.

I generally I only do simple operations on the command line. A few cp, mv, ls... If I am doing much more than that I open a GUI manager.

lf is like ranger, but also very fast https://github.com/gokcehan/lf

I use the terminal to manage files. That's all

I used to use nnn but I've recently fallen in love with xplr but honestly about 90% of the time I just use ls, cp and mv (although I sometimes also use broot as well).

I consider ranger and fzf life changing, especially being able to get the full path of any file at my command prompt at a moment's notice. It's now as though navigating directories were gauche.

mc

If you like vim keybindings check out ranger. It’s nice.

ranger and I have nothing but praise for it. That's as a Linux user of 15 years, formerly a bit of a skeptic about the use of such a tool. I use it not just as a file manager but as a platform for launching scripts and GUI programs via key bindings. I've pretty much turned it into a TUI desktop environment at this point. Because, yes, it is possible to do computing more efficiently than with a CLI alone, whatever the purists may say. For me, TUI tools are the sweet spot: less keystrokes, less memorizing, but also extremely hackable given that there's no GUI to deal with.

Addendum: and fzf in the scripts! Like someone else said, this simple little tool makes so much possible.

Never been a fan of terminal file managers, I just use exa and cd. Also z for directory jumping.

midnight commander, especially if i need to delete files/dirs with '-' and non-ascii characters. i do it without thinking.

Midnight Commander

Most of the time I just use the commandline stuff (cd ls mv rm etc.) but I have vifm installed if I really want one

dired inside emacsclient -t 😁

Mostly ranger.

I use xplr and I love it!

https://vifm.info

In this case, however, it cannot be said that I am using it as intended. The AUR helper I use, aurutils, uses Vifm to display the respective PKBUILD file during an update, for example.

I've tried a bunch like ranger, lf, vifm, sfm and even some different ones like clifm. I always come back to nnn though. Nothing beats its speed and config options.

Coreutils, rsync. In more complex scenarios zmv from zsh.

Yes, I almost not use any GUI to manage my files.

zsh

Occasionally oil for neovim.

Ranger, mostly for bulk renaming

I had straight up just never considered that terminal file explorers existed. This post has opened my eyes, and so here is my Saved comment. (Maybe one day, kbin will implement saving without commenting...)

I mostly use a gui file manager, but when I do use a terminal based one I use ranger. Haven't tried others, I just like this one.

nnn master race

@theodore zsh :ablobcatwave:

Ranger with mount script.

I’ve tried ranger for some while, pretty neat, but I haven’t tried other terminal file mangers tho

I started with MC, went to nnn for a few months, then I moved to vifm.