THUNAR(1)

✨ THUNAR(1) — User Commands ✨

🦋 NAME

Thunar — the File Manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS

Thunar [options] [[URI]...]

Thunar [options] --bulk-rename [[URI]...]

Thunar [options] --quit

💅 DESCRIPTION

Okay so bestie, Thunar is a fast and easy to use file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment 🔥 It was designed from the ground up to be lightweight with a special focus on usability ✨ Its UI is clean and intuitive, and it does not include any confusing or useless options. No cap, it's giving minimalist queen energy 👑

🧚 INVOCATION

Thunar takes a list of URIs for folders that should be opened in new file manager windows, or files that should be selected in new file manager windows 🦋 The URIs can be file: or trash: URIs, absolute paths, or paths relative to the current directory Thunar is invoked from. If you don't specify any URIs, the current folder gets opened in a new file manager window, which is so iconic 🎀

When --bulk-rename is specified, no file manager windows open. Instead the URIs get passed straight to the bulk renamer 🫶 The bulk renamer lets you rename several files or folders at once using different renamer modules. Main character rename energy, periodt 💜

✨ Options ✨

• -?, --help — Print brief help and exit. 💖
• -V, --version — Print version information and exit. 🌈
• -B, --bulk-rename — Open the URIs in a standalone window of the bulk renamer. 🦋
• --daemon — Do not terminate the Thunar instance when the last window is closed, but keep it running so opening new windows is faster later on 🚀 This is the default when Thunar is spawned as part of the default Xfce session or when using D-Bus activation. Lowkey the best default ever 😭
• --display=DISPLAY — Use the specified X DISPLAY for the user interface. 🌸
• -q, --quit — Terminate any Thunar instance running in the background (spawned using the --daemon option). > This command should be used whenever Thunar is upgraded to a new version, to make sure no old instance gets reused. Bestie, do not skip this one 💀

🎀 AUTHOR

Thunar was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> 👑

This manual page was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> 💅

---

Source: Thunar, version unspecified, dated 07/17/2026. Stay iconic, bestie, and see you next time 🫶💖✨