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đŸ’ģ Ranger File Manager


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Custom Commands

  • vim ~/.config/ranger/commands.py

  • Add command at the bottom following a comment

    • Included additional libraries if needed (from …)

File Compression Command

from ranger.core.loader import CommandLoader

class compress(Command):
    def execute(self):
        """ Compress marked files to current directory """
        cwd = self.fm.thisdir
        marked_files = cwd.get_selection()

        if not marked_files:
            return

        def refresh(_):
            cwd = self.fm.get_directory(original_path)
            cwd.load_content()

        original_path = cwd.path
        parts = self.line.split()
        au_flags = parts[1:]

        descr = "compressing files in: " + os.path.basename(parts[1])
        obj = CommandLoader(args=['apack'] + au_flags + \
                [os.path.relpath(f.path, cwd.path) for f in marked_files], descr=descr, read=True)

        obj.signal_bind('after', refresh)
        self.fm.loader.add(obj)

    def tab(self, tabnum):
        """ Complete with current folder name """

        extension = ['.zip', '.tar.gz', '.rar', '.7z']
        return ['compress ' + os.path.basename(self.fm.thisdir.path) + ext for ext in extension]

File Extraction Command

from ranger.core.loader import CommandLoader

class extract_here(Command):
    def execute(self):
        """ extract selected files to current directory."""
        cwd = self.fm.thisdir
        marked_files = tuple(cwd.get_selection())

        def refresh(_):
            cwd = self.fm.get_directory(original_path)
            cwd.load_content()

        one_file = marked_files[0]
        cwd = self.fm.thisdir
        original_path = cwd.path
        au_flags = ['-x', cwd.path]
        au_flags += self.line.split()[1:]
        au_flags += ['-e']

        self.fm.copy_buffer.clear()
        self.fm.cut_buffer = False
        if len(marked_files) == 1:
            descr = "extracting: " + os.path.basename(one_file.path)
        else:
            descr = "extracting files from: " + os.path.basename(
                one_file.dirname)
        obj = CommandLoader(args=['aunpack'] + au_flags
                            + [f.path for f in marked_files], descr=descr,
                            read=True)

        obj.signal_bind('after', refresh)
        self.fm.loader.add(obj)

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