Introduction

Rover is a file browser for the terminal.

The main goal is to provide a faster way to explore a file system from the terminal, compared to what's possible by using cd, ls, etc. Rover has vi-like key bindings for navigation and can open files in $PAGER and $EDITOR. Basic file system operations are also implemented (see rover(1) for details). Rover is designed to be simple, fast and portable.

Quick Start

Building and Installing:

$ make
$ sudo make install

Running:

$ rover [DIR1 [DIR2 [DIR3 [...]]]]

Using:

      q - quit Rover
      ? - show Rover manual
    j/k - move cursor down/up
    J/K - move cursor down/up 10 lines
    g/G - move cursor to top/bottom of listing
      l - enter selected directory
      h - go to parent directory
      H - go to $HOME directory
      r - refresh directory listing
 RETURN - open $SHELL on the current directory
  SPACE - open $PAGER with the selected file
      e - open $EDITOR with the selected file
      / - start incremental search (RETURN to finish)
  f/d/s - toggle file/directory/hidden listing
    n/N - create new file/directory
      R - rename selected file or directory
      D - delete selected file or (empty) directory
      m - toggle mark on the selected entry
      M - toggle mark on all visible entries
      a - mark all visible entries
  X/C/V - delete/copy/move all marked entries
    0-9 - change tab

Important Note: Currently, Rover never asks for confirmation before overwriting existing files while copying/moving marked entries. Please be careful to not accidentally lose your data.

Requirements

• Unix-like system;
• curses library.

Configuration

Rover configuration (mostly key bindings and colors) can only be changed by editing the file config.h and rebuilding the binary.

Note that the external programs executed by some Rover commands may be changed via the appropriate environment variables. For example, to specify an editor:

$ EDITOR=vi rover

Please read rover(1) for more information.

Copying

All of the source code and documentation for Rover is released into the public domain and provided without warranty of any kind.