CAJA(1)

📦 version 1.28.0, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 CAJA(1) — the MATE file manager, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk: this is the General Commands Manual page for caja, and I'm about to make it make sense for you. Grab a snack, we're doing this. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

Caja — the MATE File Manager 💅 (yes that's the whole name section, she's brief and iconic)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

caja [OPTIONS...] [URI...]

literally that's it. options, then some URIs, go off. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So Caja is the default file manager for the MATE Desktop Environment, no cap. She makes it easy to manage, manipulate, and customize files and directories — which is giving main character energy honestly.

And not just local stuff either: Caja can access local and remote filesystems like SSH, FTP, and WebDav (HTTP/HTTPS). 🌈 Remote besties welcome.

Caja also provides the desktop background and the icons it uses for launching links and applications, plus accessing files, directories, the trash, and removable media like CD/DVD/BD and USB drives. She's literally doing everything for you, periodt. 👑

Also important: this manual page only briefly documents the caja command. It's a summary, not the whole lore. 📖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Every single flag, in order, no skips, we don't do that here:

  • --browser — opens a browser window. 🌐
  • -c, --check — runs a quick set of self-check tests. vibe check, but for the program. 🩺
  • --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use.
  • -g, --geometry=GEOMETRY — makes the initial window with the given geometry. 📐
  • -t, --tabs — opens your URIs in tabs. tab girlies rise 🗂️
  • -n, --no-default-window — only creates windows for explicitly specified URIs. nothing extra, she's minding her business. 🙈
  • --no-desktop — do not manage the desktop (it ignores the preference set in the preferences dialog). so like, she's not doing desktop duty.
  • --force-desktop — manages the desktop regardless of set preferences or environment (on new startup only). stubborn in the best way 💀
  • -q, --quit — quits Caja. bye bestie 👋
  • --version — prints current version info and exits. ✨
  • -?, -h, --help — prints the standard command line options.
  • --help-all — prints all command line options. the extended cut 💅
Also: this program accepts the standard GTK options too. That's not a bullet, that's just facts. 🫶

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Here's the tea, copied exactly, character for character:

caja ftp://ftp.kernel.org/

Opens a new Caja window on the Linux Kernel ftp server. 🌐

caja --no-desktop /home/user/

Opens a Caja window in "user's" home directory without managing the desktop. 🏠

caja -g 600x400

Opens a Caja window that is 600 pixels wide by 400 pixels high. 📐

😭 BUGS 😭

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues

not me telling you to file an issue but also yes, please do, she deserves the feedback 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

This manual page was originally written by Takuo KITAME <kitame@debian.org> and Dafydd Harries <daf@muse.19inch.net> to accompany the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME Desktop Environment on Debian GNU/Linux. (2004)

the way this page has lore. ancestral manpage energy fr fr 🌸

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Caja documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key.

Further information may also be available at: https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

Also go check out her friends:

MATE Desktop Environment 💖 29 January 2014 — that's the version and date, and that's the sign-off, bestie. you made it to the end. slay. ✨🎀💅🦋🌸

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