Ranger Cheatsheet

ranger-cheatsheet.md

Ranger Cheatsheet

General

Shortcut	Description
ranger	Start Ranger
Q	Quit Ranger
R	Reload current directory
?	Ranger Manpages / Shortcuts

Movement

Shortcut	Description
k	up
j	down
h	parent directory
l	subdirectory
gg	go to top of list
G	go t bottom of list
J	half page down
K	half page up
H	History Back
L	History Forward
~	Switch the view

File Operations

Shortcut	Description
<Enter>	Open
r	open file with
z	toggle settings
o	change sort order
zh	view hidden files
cw	rename current file
yy	yank / copy
dd	cut
pp	paste
/	search for files :search
n	next match
N	prev match
<delete>	Delete

Commands

Shortcut	Description
:	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)

Tabs

Shortcut	Description
C-n	Create new tab
C-w	Close current tab
tab	Next tab
shift + tab	Previous tab
alt + [n]	goto / create [n] tab

File substituting

Shortcut	Description
%f	Substitute highlighted file
%d	Substitute current directory
%s	Substitute currently selected files
%t	Substitute currently tagged files

Example for substitution

:bulkrename %s

Marker

Shortcut	Description
m + <letter>	Create Marker
um + <letter>	Delete Marker
' + <letter>	Go to Marker
t	tag a file with an *
t"<any>	tag a file with your desired mark

thx to the comments section for additional shortcuts! post your suggestions there!

Tagging custom tag does not have t in front.

Old: t"<any>
New: "<any letter>

Keep up the great list :D

Is there a way to type shell commands and show the output?

Is there a way to cd into the directory that is selected?

Thank you! Didn't know ranger THAT powerful.

Thank a lot!

Is there a way to cd into the directory that is selected?

You can press S

Is there a way to cd into the directory that is selected?

You can press S

That doesn't work unfortunately. Pressing s just changes the prompt to :shell , leaving as is or typing cd does nothing.

The only solution found is to start ranger via . ranger, and then when you exist, you find yourself in the last folder you were in.

Is there a way to cd into the directory that is selected?

The only solution found is to start ranger via . ranger, and then when you exist, you find yourself in the last folder you were in.

I got this to work in bash by making an alias to start ranger - in your .bashrc or .bash_aliases add this line:

alias r=". ranger"

Is there a way to cd into the directory that is selected?

Ctrl + Shift + T opens another tab in the current directory. Ctrl + Shift + W closes current tab and Alt + (tab number position eg 1, 2, 3) navigates through the tabs

Great

"1l" to unzip files

Thanks so much!!!

tag a file with your desired mark: t"<any> should be "<any>