XFE(1)

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version 2.1.7 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, debian trixie, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 XFE — the file manager page, but make it a group chat 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're talking about xfe, aka X File Explorer, and she is that girl. this is the manual page for the xfe command itself, and I'm gonna walk you through every single flag like we're texting at 2am. no skimming, no skipping, we're doing the whole thing. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

xfe — a lightweight file manager for X Window. that's the whole vibe. light, fast, does her job, doesn't make it weird. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's exactly how you call her, character for character:

xfe [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-i] [--iconic] [-m] [--maximized]
[-p n] [--panel n] [FOLDER | FILE...]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

X File Explorer (xfe) is a lightweight file manager for X Window, and she's written using the FOX toolkit. desktop independent, easily customized, unbothered, thriving. ✨

she's got that Windows Commander or MS-Explorer look, and honestly? she's very fast and very light weight. not me stanning a file manager but here we are. 😭

for the lore girlies: xfe is based on X Win Commander, written by Maxim Baranov. we respect the ancestors. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Roland Baudin <roland65@free.fr>. that's the icon who made her. 💜

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

xfe accepts the following options, and yes, we're doing all of them:

  • -h, --help — print the help screen and exit. she tells you what she can do, then she dips. 🙈
  • -v, --version — print version information and exit. quick little "hi, here's my number" moment. ⭐
  • -i, --iconic — start iconified. she's showing up small, she's being demure. 🎀
  • -m, --maximized — start maximized. main character energy, full screen, no apologies. 👑
  • -p n, --panel n — force panel view mode to n. the lore for n is: n=0 => Tree and one panel, n=1 => One panel, n=2 => Two panels, n=3 => Tree and two panels. pick your layout, pick your destiny. 💅
  • FOLDER | FILE — specifies a list of folders or files to open when starting xfe. they can be regular paths like /home/test, or URIs like file:///home/test. heads up though: the first two folders are displayed in the file panels, and the others are ignored. 😭 the number of files to open is not limited though, so go feral with the files. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go hang out with her friends: xfa(1), xfi(1), xfp(1) xfw(1),

and that's the whole page, bestie. this was written by Roland Baudin on 12 December 2024, and this manual page is for XFE(1). slay, stay light weight, and go open some folders. 💖✨🌈

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