far2l1

Usage

Overview

far2l is a Linux fork of FAR Manager v2, directory browser/file manager for Unix-like operating systems.

Options

-h

Display this help and exit.

-a

Disable display of characters with codes 0 - 31 and 255.

-ag

Disable display of pseudographics with codes > 127.

-an

Disable display of pseudographics characters completely.

-co

Forces FAR to load plugins from the cache only.

-cd APATH|PPATH

Change panel's directory to specified path. APATH - path to a folder (or a file or an archive or command with prefix) for the active panel. PPATH - path to a folder (or a file or an archive or command with prefix) for the passive panel.

-m

Do not load macros.

-ma

Do not execute auto run macros.

-u IDENTITY OR /PATH/NAME

Allows to specify separate settings IDENTITY or FS location (it override FARSETTINGS environment variable value).

-v FILENAME

View the specified file.

-v - COMMAND LINE

Executes given COMMAND LINE and opens viewer with its output.

-e[LINE[:POS]] [FILENAME]

Edit the specified file with optional cursor position specification or empty new file.

-e[LINE[:POS]] - COMMAND LINE

Executes given command line and opens editor with its output.

-set:PARAMETER=VALUE

Override the configuration parameter, see far:config for details.

Example: far2l -set:Language.Main=English -set:Screen.Clock=0 -set:XLat.Flags=0xff -set:System.FindFolders=false

Options

--tty

force using TTY backend only (disable GUI/TTY autodetection)

--notty

don't fallback to TTY backend if GUI backend failed

--norgb

don't use true (24-bit) colors

--nodetect, --nodetect=[x|xi][f][w][a][k]

don't detect if TTY backend supports X11/Xi input and clipboard interaction extensions and/or disable detect f=FAR2l terminal extensions, w=win32, a=apple iTerm2, k=kovidgoyal's kitty input modes

--mortal

terminate instead of going to background on getting SIGHUP (default if in Linux TTY)

--immortal

go to background instead of terminating on getting SIGHUP (default if not in Linux TTY)

--x11

force GUI backend to run on X11

--wayland

force GUI backend to run on Wayland

--ee=N

ESC expiration in msec (default is 100, 0 to disable) to avoid need for double ESC presses (valid only in TTY mode without FAR2L extensions)

--primary-selection

use PRIMARY selection instead of CLIPBOARD X11 selection (only for GUI backend)

--maximize

force maximize window upon launch (only for GUI backend)

--nomaximize

dont maximize window upon launch even if its has saved maximized state (only for GUI backend)

--clipboard=SCRIPT

use external clipboard handler script that implements get/set text clipboard data via its stdin/stdout

Environment

FARSETTINGS

Override location of user settings and configuration files (see option -u).

FAR2L_ARGS

All options (except -h and -u) also can be set via the FAR2L_ARGS environment variable

(for example: export FAR2L_ARGS="--tty --nodetect" and then simple far2l to force start only TTY backend).

Full help

far2l historically has its own contextual help system that can be found via pressing F1 key wherever in its TUI.