VIFM-PAUSE(1)

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version 0.14.4 · 6 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, ubuntu stonking

✨ VIFM-PAUSE(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual 💖 this is the whole vibe for vifm-pause, and no, you can't just run it whenever. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vifm-pause — it's a little helper script for vifm 🧚 literally just that. it helps. that's the job. periodt.

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

okay so the way this works is magic-only — you don't summon it yourself:

Only called automagically from within vifm

vifm-pause

yes, "automagically" is the actual word and honestly? iconic. it's giving the program handles it, you don't 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so, real talk: this is a helper script for vifm, and it is not for standalone use. do not run it by itself, bestie, that's not its moment. it exists to serve vifm and that's the whole storyline 🙈

what does it actually do? it prints a "Press return ..." message and then just… waits. patiently. until you press the Enter key 💖 that's it. that's the entire personality. it says the thing, you hit enter, it moves on. lowkey the most chill script in the whole toolkit ✨

fr fr, don't go launching this solo. it's a backstage queen, not a main character — vifm calls it, you don't 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • vifm(1) — go read that one, it's where the actual plot happens 💜

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

crédit where crédit is due, and there's a whole group chat of legends here:

  • this manual page was initially written by Edelhard Becker <becker@edelhard.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) 🌸
  • then it was adjusted by Hendrik Jaeger <deb@henk.geekmail.org>
  • and updated by xaizek <xaizek@posteo.net> 🫶

three people, one little pause script, we love a collaborative effort 💅✨

and that's a wrap, babe 🎀 this was vifm version 0.14.4, dated 31 May 2026. slay, ate, no crumbs, go press enter on something 💖🦋🌈

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