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!

Since your cheatsheet have a good pagerank, it would be nice to add the markers section:

• m+letter to create
• um+letter to delete
• '+letter to use)

Since your cheatsheet have a good pagerank, it would be nice to add the markers section:

• m+letter to create
• um+letter to delete
• '+letter to use)

Did not know about this. Thanks for the hint and added it.
And I really don't know why its ranked that high. 🤷

I believe there's a mistake in '+letter marks shortcut. It says it deletes the mark. Shouldn't it be to go to it?

I believe there's a mistake in '+letter marks shortcut. It says it deletes the mark. Shouldn't it be to go to it?

Yes. You hit ' + the created letter to go to the destination.

Other useful commands:

S: run the terminal in your current ranger window (exit to go back to ranger window)
t: tag a file with an * (great to mark files)
t"<any>: tag a file with your desired mark (I use this for videos I already watched)

I would also add the arrow keys as alternatives for the vim keys j, k, h, l, this makes it easier for ranger beginners.

~ - Switch the views

Perfect

I believe there's a mistake in '+letter marks shortcut. It says it deletes the mark. Shouldn't it be to go to it?

Yes. You hit ' + the created letter to go to the destination.

Other useful commands:

S: run the terminal in your current ranger window (exit to go back to ranger window)
t: tag a file with an * (great to mark files)
t"<any>: tag a file with your desired mark (I use this for videos I already watched)

I would also add the arrow keys as alternatives for the vim keys j, k, h, l, this makes it easier for ranger beginners.

thx for the suggestions, did not know about the t * marker!

+ + letter + letter | add file permissions (chmod)
- + letter + letter | remove permissions (chmod)

I believe there's a mistake in '+letter marks shortcut. It says it deletes the mark. Shouldn't it be to go to it?

@heroheman Can you fix this?

Old: ' + <letter> Delete Marker

New: ' + <letter> Go to Marker

Thank you! :)

I believe there's a mistake in '+letter marks shortcut. It says it deletes the mark. Shouldn't it be to go to it?

@heroheman Can you fix this?

Old: ' + <letter> Delete Marker

New: ' + <letter> Go to Marker

Thank you! :)

Done that, sorry for the delay, keep them coming.

great cheat sheet 😄 👍

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>

<delete> doesn’t delete files in v1.9.3

doesn’t delete files in v1.9.3

Confirmed, if somebody knows why. Share the resources, or open the issue please.

Can anyone tell me how to open file Dir with kitty or other terminals, expect default gnome terminal
let e.g. .. /DIR/subdir/... and now I want to open this fire Dir with nvim using kitty

"t"<any> tag a file with your desired mark"
It is not t"<any> it's just "<any>

Here is how you can fix the delete key:

edit .config/ranger/rc.conf and add this line

map <delete> delete

iirc mac users were complaining because they kept hitting delete by accident and thus the defaults were changed