Is there a terminal file manager that has good support for archives? The features I’d like are:

  • being able to enter archives like directories
  • shortcut to archive all selected files
    • 5G_technicianOP
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for the recommendation. Nnn is very fast and I like the text file buffer of selected files that you can edit in vim but I can’t figure out how to create a new archive. It’s not on the github page and I couldn’t find it in the help menu you get when you press “?”

      • SeerLite
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        4 years ago

        See here in the wiki, you have to export NNN_ARCHIVE. Then when you try to open it an archive you get the additional option to mount.

        It uses archivemount under the hood (it’s gonna ask you to install it), and I guess this tool can also be used with other file managers. I’m gonna see if there’s some snippet to use it with the one I use (lf), or I’ll make one. I don’t know how I’ve been living without this for so long haha it’s gonna be so useful

      • oldroad@lemmygrad.ml
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        4 years ago

        Which version do you have? I know earlier versions had constantly changing keybindings, but in v3.6 it shows z as archive. You can also use ] to open up a shell and run an arbitrary command, or write up a script to use as a plugin to archive/extract/etc.

        • 5G_technicianOP
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          4 years ago

          Ok sorry I forgot less searches are case sensitive and didn’t try “Archive”, only “archive”. I have 4.0 on arch linux.

          It works pretty good. Thank you

  • SeerLite
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    4 years ago

    EDIT: Ok I didn’t read the other response haha. nnn seems to be what youre looking for. Also archivemount can mount archives and so it’s file manager agnostic :P

    I found this for 7z. Disclaimer: I haven’t tried it. Note that the readme seems to be outdated since it says nodejs while it’s actually rust.

    As for a more general purpose file manager with this feature, I think there isn’t. But it’s such a good idea I don’t know why it hasn’t been made yet. Maybe make an issue about it in your favorite file manager’s issue tracker? You may even get a better alternative from the dev/community.

    Or maybe the tool I linked above could be extended with other formats, and then that can be used from within existing file managers. Not as smooth but it could work I guess.

    Do share if you find a better alternative!