https://github.com/psprint/n-commodore

A next-generation file manager
https://github.com/psprint/n-commodore

command-line file-management file-manager filemanager persistence terminal tui-app

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A next-generation file manager

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/psprint/n-commodore
• Owner: psprint
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2023-04-06T16:25:24.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-05T12:05:02.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-26T17:03:22.749Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: command-line, file-management, file-manager, filemanager, persistence, terminal, tui-app
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.47 MB
• Stars: 39
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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• cli-apps - N-Commodore - A novel file manager/shell/command-line, where everything is panelized, greppable and remembered. (<a name="shells"></a>Shells)
• awesome-cli-apps - N-Commodore - A novel file manager/shell/command-line, where everything is panelized, greppable and remembered. (<a name="shells"></a>Shells)

README

        
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**Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*

- [N-Commodore – a novel file manager/shell/command-line](#n-commodore--a-novel-file-managershellcommand-line)

- [More in-depth explanation](#more-in-depth-explanation)

- [Asciicast](#asciicast)

- [Installation](#installation)

# N-Commodore – a novel file manager/shell/command-line

A new approach to the command line:

- it’s a merge of Midnight Commander and command line,

- … because everything is panelized, greppable and remembered,

- you enter commands like ls, mv, cp, cat and have their output captured, always,

- then you can save the output via Ctrl-X (to a GDBM database) and visit it back with Ctrl-Shift-Left/Right,

- the screen save includes complete state like: current working directory, grep keywords, cursor position, etc.

I’m hoping that it’ll gain some attention, because by accident I might have discovered a fully novel, unprecedented approach to file managers/command line.

 

Pressing `ENTER` on any line will open `$VISUAL` / `$EDITOR` / `$PAGER` scrolled to

that line (if in file preview, otherwise, if poiting to the file, it will just open the file in editor).

Any view can be greped – `n-commodore` starts with search prompt active, so you

can enter the search-keyword to have either files, file preview, or previous com

 mands (views F1, F2, F3) filtered with it. Multiple keywords are allowed.

# More in-depth explanation

Basically it's about 3 factors:

- panelize everything,

- grep everything,

- save everything.

Panelization is known from Midnight Commander - it means to capture command output into a list that can be browsed. Grepping is known from fzf. Screen saving is a new paradigm

You basically have new screen (a greppable panel) for each new command, which is saved to the disk (GDBM), and which can be fetched/navigated to, having also PWD dir and position in panel restored.

# Asciicast

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/578349.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/578349)

# Installation

**NEW**: AppImages are [available](https://github.com/psprint/n-commodore/releases).

Clone the repo and symlink `$PWD/bin/n-c` (full path) to a directory in your `$PATH`, like `/usr/local/bin`, After this, run `n-c` for the file manager.

… or, if using Zsh, load the plugin file `n-commdore.plugin.zsh` either directly

(`source …`) or via a plugin manager, like zinit

(`zinit for psprint/n-commodore`). This creates a `nc` alias which you can use

to start the file manager. You can define a variable `NC_NO_NICKNAME_CMD=1` to

skip alias creation.