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my ranger cheatsheet - firstplato

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> Delete Marker
t tag a file with an *
t"<any> tag a file with your desired mark

Feel free to reach me on https://ipang.js.org or https://firstplato.com

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