Ranger: Console-Based File Management

“Given my fondness for the console and for bare-bones window
managers like ratpoison, I’m always pleased when I find another
neat console tool. This time it was Ranger (hat-tip to K.Mandla),
an ncurses-based file manager.

“Unfortunately, Ranger doesn’t seem to be available as a package
for Debian or Ubuntu, but it can be downloaded and installed from
the project page. It looks a little weird when you first run it; it
took me a moment to work out which subdirectory my cursor was
actually in. However, hitting the arrow keys a bit clarifies what’s
going on.

“The second column from the right is the directory that you’re
currently navigating within.”

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