NAME

       far2l - Two-panel file manager, with built-in terminal and other usefulness´es.

SYNOPSIS

       far2l [OPTION] [-cd APATH -cd PPATH]]
       far2ledit [OPTION] [FILENAME]

DESCRIPTION

       far2l is a Linux fork of FAR Manager v2, directory browser/file manager for Unix-like operating systems.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display this help and exit.

       -a     Disable display of characters with codes 0 - 31 and 255.

       -ag    Disable display of pseudographics with codes > 127.

       -an    Disable display of pseudographics characters completely.

       -co    Forces FAR to load plugins from the cache only.

       -cd APATH|PPATH
              Change  panel's directory to specified path.  APATH - path to a folder (or a file or an archive or
              command with prefix) for the active panel.  PPATH - path to a folder (or a file or an  archive  or
              command with prefix) for the passive panel.

       -m     Do not load macros.

       -ma    Do not execute auto run macros.

       -u IDENTITY OR /PATH/NAME
              Allows  to  specify separate settings IDENTITY or FS location (it override FARSETTINGS environment
              variable value).

       -v FILENAME
              View the specified file.

       -v - COMMAND LINE
               Executes given COMMAND LINE and opens viewer with its output.

       -e[LINE[:POS]] [FILENAME]
               Edit the specified file with optional cursor position specification or empty new file.

       -e[LINE[:POS]] - COMMAND LINE
              Executes given command line and opens editor with its output.

       -set:PARAMETER=VALUE
              Override the configuration parameter, see far:config for details.
              Example: far2l -set:Language.Main=English -set:Screen.Clock=0 -set:XLat.Flags=0xff -set:System.FindFolders=false

BACKEND-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       --tty  force using TTY backend only (disable GUI/TTY autodetection)

       --notty
              don't fallback to TTY backend if GUI backend failed

       --norgb
              don't use true (24-bit) colors

       --nodetect, --nodetect=[x|xi][f][w][a][k]
              don't detect if TTY backend supports X11/Xi input  and  clipboard  interaction  extensions  and/or
              disable  detect  f=FAR2l  terminal extensions, w=win32, a=apple iTerm2, k=kovidgoyal's kitty input
              modes

       --mortal
              terminate instead of going to background on getting SIGHUP (default if in Linux TTY)

       --immortal
              go to background instead of terminating on getting SIGHUP (default if not in Linux TTY)

       --x11  force GUI backend to run on X11

       --wayland
              force GUI backend to run on Wayland

       --ee=N ESC expiration in msec (default is 100, 0 to disable) to avoid need for double ESC presses  (valid
              only in TTY mode without FAR2L extensions)

       --primary-selection
              use PRIMARY selection instead of CLIPBOARD X11 selection (only for GUI backend)

       --maximize
              force maximize window upon launch (only for GUI backend)

       --nomaximize
              dont maximize window upon launch even if its has saved maximized state (only for GUI backend)

       --clipboard=SCRIPT
              use  external  clipboard  handler  script  that  implements  get/set  text  clipboard data via its
              stdin/stdout

ENVIRONMENT

       FARSETTINGS
              Override location of user settings and configuration files (see option -u).

       FAR2L_ARGS
              All options (except -h and -u) also can be set via the FAR2L_ARGS environment variable
              (for example: export FAR2L_ARGS="--tty --nodetect" and then simple far2l to force start only TTY backend).

FULL HELP

       far2l historically has its own contextual help system that can be found via pressing F1 key  wherever  in
       its TUI.

LICENSE

       This  program  is  distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation. See the built-in help for details on the License and the lack of warranty.

AVAILABILITY

       The latest version of this program can be found at      https://github.com/elfmz/far2l

SEE ALSO

       mc(1), ed(1), gpm(1), terminfo(1), view(1), sh(1), bash(1), tcsh(1), zsh(1).

       Linux fork of FAR Manager v2 on the World Wide Web:
            https://github.com/elfmz/far2l

AUTHORS

       Authors and contributors are listed in the copyright file.

BUGS

       If   you   want   to   report   a   problem   with   the   program,   please    create    bugreport    at
       https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues.

       Provide  a  detailed  description of the bug, the version of the program you are running.  If the program
       crashes, we would appreciate a stack trace.

FAR2L Version 2.6.4                               November 2024                                         FAR2L(1)