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!

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