• FMZ File manager in a fuzzy finder.

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** Dependencies core utils and [[https://github.com/junegunn/fzf][fzf]].

** Features

• Pure POSIX
• Does not re-implement what's already in core utils
• Easy configuration
• Sane defaults
• Fuzzy
• Scriptable
• Device management
• Shell integration with cd on exit
• Auto archive extraction
• XDG trash
• Check below for optional features

** Optional dependencies/features Having one of those is not a must, they only unlock new superpowers.

| Dependency | Superpower | |--------------------+----------------------------------| | [[https://github.com/Naheel-Azawy/stpv][stpv]] | better previews with images | | [[https://github.com/Naheel-Azawy/cp-p][cp-p]] | show progress of cp and mv | | [[https://github.com/cybernoid/archivemount][archivemount]] ([[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archivemount/][AUR]]) | browse archives seamlessly | | xclip | copy file names to X clipboard | | [[https://github.com/mwh/dragon][dragon]] | drag and drop | | [[https://github.com/sharkdp/fd][fd]] | better find | | perl-file-mimeinfo | XDG open with | | udisks2 | mount and unmount devices | | [[https://github.com/phatina/simple-mtpfs/][simple-mtpfs]] ([[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/simple-mtpfs/][AUR]]) | mount and unmount MTP devices | | gio | mount and unmount gvfs devices | | dunst | actions with mount notifications | | vidir (moreutils) | bulk rename in a directory |

** Installation #+begin_src shell-script make install #+end_src

** Shell integration

• sh #+begin_src shell-script fmz() { tmp=$(mktemp) command fmz --cd "$tmp" "$@" res=$(tail -n 1 "$tmp") if [ -d "$res" ] && [ "$res" != "$PWD" ]; then echo cd "$res" cd "$res" || return 1 fi rm "$tmp" } #+end_src

• fish #+begin_src shell-script function fmz set tmp (mktemp) command fmz --cd $tmp $argv set res (tail -n 1 $tmp) if test -d "$res" && test "$res" != "$PWD" echo cd $res cd $res || return 1 end rm $tmp end #+end_src

** Default bindings In general, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access][CUA]]-like bindings where used, M-x for menu, and F1 to show all bindings.

** Configuration Config file is just a shell script that gets sourced in fmz. So be sure not to have the setuid bit set on fmz. Key symbols are as defined by fzf (check ~man fzf~). You can bind fzf actions, functions (using ~fun~), or quick functions that does not need ~f~ and ~fx~ (using ~funq~). Example config file (~/.config/fmzrc.sh):

#+begin_src shell-script

basic bindings

bind alt-w fun copy bind ctrl-w fun move bind ctrl-y funq paste bind ctrl-c abort

add a function to menu and bind it

add_fun myless 'Less a file' bind ctrl-p fun myless myless() { tput rmcup less "$f" }

bookmarks

bookmark ~/Documents bookmark ~/Pictures bookmark ~/Videos

other variables

OPENER=xdg-open TERMINAL=st #+end_src

** Mount monitor #+begin_src shell-script fmz --mount-monitor #+end_src

If ~dunstify~ exists, the notification action will mount the drive and open fmz in a terminal window. ~notify-send~ can be used instead but clicking won't do anything. The default bind for unmounting the current directory is ctrl-u.

** Why? I tried many other file managers like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander][mc]], [[https://github.com/ranger/ranger][ranger]], [[https://github.com/gokcehan/lf][lf]], [[https://github.com/jarun/nnn][nnn]], [[https://github.com/dylanaraps/fff][fff]], and several others that I forgot. From the GUI world, it worth mentioning nautilus, nemo, thunar, and pantheon's files. They all are cool in some way, but still not as good as I wanted. If you're here, probably there's no need to talk about GUI. Out of all the terminal file managers, lf has been my choice for a pretty long time and I do believe that it is the best out of the ones I just mentioned. However, with time, I started realizing lf problems. Here are some of what I recall:

• A bit of unnecessary bloat. lf is relatively so minimal. But, in my opinion, there are some unnecessary parts like the builtin copy implementation and the config parser.
• Too much configuration lf is almost unusable out of the box. Minimalism is good of course, but having some sane defaults can be done without being bloated too.
• I use fzf anyway... Even inside lf, I used to have a key binding to fzf to find and jump to wherever I want. In practice, I found myself opening fzf almost every time I use lf. I'm not trying to say lf is bad. It is amazing. It just wasn't enough for me.

** License GPL3