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NAME

7       vifm [OPTION]
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DESCRIPTION

10       Vifm  is  a ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings. If you
11       use vi, vifm gives you complete keyboard control over your files  with‐
12       out having to learn a new set of commands.
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OPTIONS

15       <path> Starts Vifm in the specified path.
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17       --version
18              Show version number and quit.
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20       --help Show an overview of the commandline options.
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Basic Movement

23       j      moves down.
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25       k      moves up.
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27       l      moves into a directory or launches a file.
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29       h      moves up one directory.
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31       gg     move to the top of the file list.
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33       G      move to the bottom of the file list.
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35       14G    move to the 14th file in the list.
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37       Ctrl-F or Page Down
38              move forward one page.
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40       Ctrl-B or Page Up
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43       25%    move to the file that is 25 percent from the top of the list.
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45       :34[Enter]
46              move to the 34th file.
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48       Space Bar or Tab Key
49              toggles between the two file lists.
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51       Ctrl+G creates  a window showing detailed information about the current
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Marks

55       Marks are set the same way as they are in vi.
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57       m[a-z][A-Z][0-9]
58              to set a mark for the current file.
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60       '[a-z][A-Z][0-9]
61              moves to the file set for the mark.
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Searching

64       /regular expression pattern[Return]
65              will highlight all files matching the pattern.
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67       N      find the previous match.
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69       n      find the next match.
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Additional Normal Mode Keys

72       [count]dd
73              moves the selected files to the trash directory.
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75       [count]yy
76              yanks the selected files.
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78       p      puts the last yanked or deleted files.
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80       t      tag the current file.
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82       v      start visual mode.
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Commands

85       :com   gives a menu of user commands.
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87       :com name action
88              sets a new user command.
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90       :delc command_name
91              will remove the command_name user command
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93       :fil regular_expression pattern
94              will filter all the files out  of  the  directory  listing  that
95              match the regular expression.
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97       :fil /.o$
98              would filter all files ending in .o from the filelist.
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100       :empty will permanently remove 'rm -fr' files from the Trash directory.
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102       :sh    will start a shell.
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104       :q or :x
105              will exit Vifm.
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107       :!     program will execute the program in a shell
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109       :!! <program>
110              is  the same as :! but will pause the screen before returning to
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113       :!!    will execute the last command.
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115       :e     load file into vi
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117       :pwd   show the present working directory.
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119       :cd    change directory.
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121       :s[ort]
122              creates a popup menu of different sorting methods.
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124       :his[tory]
125              creates a popup menu of directories visited.
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127       :h[elp]
128              show the help file.
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130       :marks create a popup menu of bookmarks.
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132       :screen
133              toggles whether or not to use the screen program.
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135       :split splits the window to show both file directories
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137       :only  changes the window to show only the current file directory
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File Filters

140       The basic vim folding key bindings are used for filtering files.
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142       zO     Show the filtered files.
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144       zM     Filter the files matching the filename filter.
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146       zo     Show all of the dot files.
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148       zm     Filter all of the dot files.
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150       zf     Filter all of the selected files.
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AUTHOR

157       Vifm was written by ksteen <ksteen@users.sourceforge.net>
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161                               January 08, 2009                        vifm(1)