edir
Program to rename, remove, and copy files and directories using your editor (by bulletmark)
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager (by jarun)
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| edir | nnn | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 200 | |
| 121 | 18,170 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.9 | 8.1 | |
| 2 days ago | 10 days ago | |
| Python | C | |
| - | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
edir
Posts with mentions or reviews of edir.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-03.
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Rename Files Sequentially Using Date Created
Using edir with vim:
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mmv-c: quickly rename files and dirs with your favorite text editor
I just want to mention another excellent alternative not yet mentioned in the comments: edir, available via PyPI.
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What are some useful cli tools that arent popular?
If you like vidir then consider edir which is much better (although note I am the author).
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Virm - A bulk-remover that uses nvim (or any CLI text editor) to delete files and directories. Inspired by vimv.
I've had good luck with edir so far
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brn: a text editor based bulk rename utility
edir?
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List of CLI programs (follow-up to GUI). Feel free to make suggestions.
edir | a more featureful alternative to vidir.
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Vimv: a command line utility for batch-renaming files from the comfort of your favourite text editor
Here's my version: https://github.com/bulletmark/edir. It also does copies, git renames, optional trash etc.
- Ever Tried Vidir Bulkedit Files Within Your
nnn
Posts with mentions or reviews of nnn.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
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Directory navigation on Helix
If you want a file full browser experience choose nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn . If you have a desktop file for Helix you can use the Gnome Files program to make all your programming language files open in Helix.
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Help compiling a package with a compiler flag from an official Debian source
The other option is to just download the static version https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/download/v4.9/nnn-nerd-static-4.9.x86_64.tar.gz and overwrite the Debian executable at /usr/bin/nnn, but this seems a bit hacky, agreed?
- Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How do I change default image and video interpreter program through environment variables for nnn file manager ? (Asking herre bc r/linuxquestions doesnt allow posts)
You can get the 'default' nuke plugin script from https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/plugins/nuke and customize it if you need to. You define files by extension or mime type and set default and fallback apps to be opened with.
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What are the best open source tools to easily navigate directories from the command line?
I like nnn ( n3 ).
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Can't figure out how to change icon theme in nnn
The icon-theme seems to be driven by your terminal font as detailed in `src/icons-in-terminal.h & icons.h, and the choice of "terminal-icon vs nerd-fonts vs emoji" appear to be hard-wired at compile-time rather than at run-time.
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
nnn
- [Command Line] Quel gestionnaire de fichiers préférez-vous dans la CLI?
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nnn file manager with icons
git clone https://github.com/jarun/nnn cd nnn make O_NERD=1
What are some alternatives?
When comparing edir and nnn you can also consider the following projects:
virm - Bulk-remove files and directories using vim/nvim
ranger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
ranger_devicons - Ranger plugin that adds file glyphs / icon support to Ranger
lf - Terminal file manager
LS_COLORS - LS_COLORS and Ranger color scheme with a color category philosophy
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
batchy.vim - A little plugin to perform batch operations on files
xplr - A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
vimv - Batch-rename files using Vim
fff - 📁 A simple file manager written in bash.
vimv - A command line utility for batch-renaming files.
mc - Midnight Commander's repository