FAR2L(1) Linux fork of FAR Manager v2 FAR2L(1) NAME far2l - Two-panel file manager, with built-in terminal and other useful- ness'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 short help and exit. --version Display the version of the program 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 ac- tive 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 in- teraction extensions and/or disable detect f=FAR2l terminal exten- sions, w=win32, a=apple iTerm2, k=kovidgoyal's kitty input modes; this switch without parameters disables all this functionality, forcing plain terminal mode for TTY backend. --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/Xwayland (force make GDK_BACK- END=x11) --wayland force GUI backend to run on Wayland (force make GDK_BACKEND=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 exten- sions) --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) --size=WxH set initial window size in characters (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 op- tion -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 Li- cense 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 2.8.0 March 2026 FAR2L(1)
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