4 Rover is a file browser for the terminal.
6 ![Rover screenshot](/../screenshots/screenshot.png?raw=true "Screenshot")
8 The main goal is to provide a faster way to explore a file system from the
9 terminal, compared to what's possible by using `cd`, `ls`, etc. Rover has
10 vi-like key bindings for navigation and can open files in $PAGER and $EDITOR.
11 Basic file system operations are also implemented (see rover(1) for details).
12 Rover is designed to be simple, fast and portable.
18 Building and Installing:
26 $ rover [DIR1 [DIR2 [DIR3 [...]]]]
33 j/k - move cursor down/up
34 J/K - move cursor down/up 10 lines
35 g/G - move cursor to top/bottom of listing
36 l - enter selected directory
37 h - go to parent directory
38 H - go to $HOME directory
39 R - refresh directory listing
40 RETURN - open $SHELL on the current directory
41 SPACE - open $PAGER with the selected file
42 e - open $EDITOR with the selected file
43 / - start incremental search (RETURN to finish)
44 f/d/s - toggle file/directory/hidden listing
45 n/N - create new file/directory
46 r - rename selected file or directory
47 x - delete selected file or (empty) directory
48 m - toggle mark on the selected entry
49 M - toggle mark on all visible entries
50 a - mark all visible entries
51 X/C/V - delete/copy/move all marked entries
55 **Important Note**: Currently, Rover never asks for confirmation before
56 overwriting existing files while copying/moving marked entries. Please be
57 careful to not accidentally lose your data.
63 Rover is supposed to run on any Unix-like system with a curses implementation.
64 To build Rover, you need a C compiler and a curses library with the corresponding
65 header file. A makefile is provided, but since all the code is in a single C
66 source file, it shouldn't be hard to build Rover without make(1).
72 By default, rover is installed to `/usr/local/bin/rover`. To change this and other
73 build options, such as the name of the curses library, please edit `Makefile`
74 before executing `make` or specify the options during invocation. For example,
75 to link against `libncurses.so` and install to `/opt/bin/rover`:
77 make LDLIBS=-lncurses PREFIX=/opt install
80 Rover runtime configuration (mostly key bindings and colors) can only be
81 changed by editing the file `config.h` and rebuilding the binary.
83 Note that the external programs executed by some Rover commands may be changed
84 via the appropriate environment variables. For example, to specify an editor:
89 Please read rover(1) for more information.
95 All of the source code and documentation for Rover is released into the public
96 domain and provided without warranty of any kind.