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An application used to manage and view files and directories.

An application used to manage and view files and directories.

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Running my desired file manager from within the web browser

I would like to run Nemo instead of Xfce's default file browser, in my browser. Per Clean way to run proper file manager from Firefox on Linux I tried to do: $ mkdir --parents ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/ $ ln --symbolic…
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How to transfer files from a bluetooth-connected device using the command line (with middle-level commands)

Situation I am working with Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04. After extensive research for another post on AskUbuntu I am looking for alternatives to the pair BlueZ/Blueman for transferring files via Bluetooth. This is because these pieces of software, beside…
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What is the command-line name of Gnome's image viewer application?

By default, images are opened from the Gnome file browser by an application which seems to be called "Image Viewer". I would like to use this application from the command line, but I don't know its name. And there don't seem to be any commands named…
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Where does caja put its preferences

I am running/using mate 1.20.2 amd using caja as my file and folder explorer (GUI-based) . I have tried to figure out where caja puts it preferences but have failed. $ caja --version MATE caja 1.20.2 I tried to first see in .config/caja if it has…
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How to enable Linux Mint List View alternating row colors

I'm setting up a new development environment so I've been doing some tinkering with my newer install of Mint 17. I've been having a lot of fun! I wish to achieve the following kind of "striped" color effect when browsing files in List view using the…
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Does linux have pause/resume feature like in Windows 8?

I'm looking for some feature which will allow me to pause/resume copy-paste process similar to windows 8. Is there any file manager that will allow this process? Is it extension to file-manager. Does this process have anything to do with…
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Is there html documentation finder/searcher, like info utility for info files?

Many packages have their documentation in html. Is there some sort of man or info utility to find locally installed html documentation and work with it? I mean, I need a program which would conveniently search for files of html documentation. And…
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Text-based file navigator with search as you type

How do I set up Midnight Commander or other text-based file navigator so that when I start typing it searches the first directory or file matching the typed text?
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In Gnome file browser, fall back to the parent directory when a directory is deleted

I am using CentOS Release 6.4(Final), with Kernel Linux 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64, and GNOME 2.82.2. I have enabled “Always open in browser” option in the File management preferences. I have a script running that prints the log in a directory. If…
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Which mountpoint paths will automatically show up in file browser under devices?

Some examples: If I plug an external USB drive in, it will get mounted under /media/$USER/ and my file browsers will automatically list the mountpoint under devices. The same will happen if I manually mount something into a regular…
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How make apps keep track of moved + renamed files

Whenever I move or rename files with my desktop file browser, it causes havoc with other desktop applications. The apps can no longer find the files. What can I do to make my desktop apps stop being so obtuse, and just see that my files have been…
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Is there a terminal file-browser like ranger or nnn, which features a readonly mode?

I am looking for a terminal file-browser like the filemanagers ranger or nnn etc, but with a readonly mode?
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Browse contents of .tar

I'm having a large number of tar files and need to browse through them. Is there something like a curses/ncurses tar browser (like midnight commander or ncdu)? I know the -t option for tar but it is not what I need since it lists all files and not…
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What are the ways to browse files in a directory with uncountable files?

I wrote a script to save logs of request to its individual files. Over time the number of files in the folder seems to have grown in number by ALOT. Now I need to access some logs of some time range and I am not able to do it at all. The log…
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How to get a Seagate 2 TB USB drive automounted?

I got a Seagate Backup Plus 2 TB sometime back. I tried getting it to be auto-mounted and read by Nautilus.caja or any other file-browser. The external HDD is ntfs and I have installed ntfs-3g. I have couple of Expansion USB drives and they are…
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