NAME

       far2l - Two-panel file manager, with built-in terminal and other usefulness´es.

SYNOPSIS

       far2l [OPTION] [-cd APATH -cd PPATH]]
       far2ledit [OPTION] [FILENAME]

DESCRIPTION

       far2l  is  a  Linux  fork  of FAR Manager v2, directory browser/file manager for Unix-like
       operating systems.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display this help and exit.

       -a     Disable display of characters with codes 0 - 31 and 255.

       -ag    Disable display of pseudographics with codes > 127.

       -an    Disable display of pseudographics characters completely.

       -co    Forces FAR to load plugins from the cache only.

       -cd APATH|PPATH
              Change panel's directory to specified path.  APATH - path to a folder (or a file or
              an  archive or command with prefix) for the active panel.  PPATH - path to a folder
              (or a file or an archive or command with prefix) for the passive panel.

       -m     Do not load macros.

       -ma    Do not execute auto run macros.

       -u IDENTITY OR /PATH/NAME
              Allows  to  specify  separate  settings  IDENTITY  or  FS  location  (it   override
              FARSETTINGS environment variable value).

       -v FILENAME
              View the specified file.

       -v - COMMAND LINE
               Executes given COMMAND LINE and opens viewer with its output.

       -e[LINE[:POS]] [FILENAME]
               Edit  the  specified file with optional cursor position specification or empty new
              file.

       -e[LINE[:POS]] - COMMAND LINE
              Executes given command line and opens editor with its output.

       -set:PARAMETER=VALUE
              Override the configuration parameter, see far:config for details.
              Example: far2l -set:Language.Main=English -set:Screen.Clock=0 -set:XLat.Flags=0xff -set:System.FindFolders=false

BACKEND-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       --tty  force using TTY backend only (disable GUI/TTY autodetection)

       --notty
              don't fallback to TTY backend if GUI backend failed

       --norgb
              don't use true (24-bit) colors

       --nodetect, --nodetect=[x|xi][f][w][a][k]
              don't detect if  TTY  backend  supports  X11/Xi  input  and  clipboard  interaction
              extensions  and/or  disable  detect  f=FAR2l  terminal extensions, w=win32, a=apple
              iTerm2, k=kovidgoyal's kitty input modes

       --mortal
              terminate instead of going to background on getting SIGHUP  (default  if  in  Linux
              TTY)

       --immortal
              go  to background instead of terminating on getting SIGHUP (default if not in Linux
              TTY)

       --x11  force GUI backend to run on X11

       --wayland
              force GUI backend to run on Wayland

       --ee=N ESC expiration in msec (default is 100, 0 to disable) to avoid need for double  ESC
              presses (valid only in TTY mode without FAR2L extensions)

       --primary-selection
              use PRIMARY selection instead of CLIPBOARD X11 selection (only for GUI backend)

       --maximize
              force maximize window upon launch (only for GUI backend)

       --nomaximize
              dont  maximize  window  upon launch even if its has saved maximized state (only for
              GUI backend)

       --clipboard=SCRIPT
              use external clipboard handler script that implements get/set text  clipboard  data
              via its stdin/stdout

ENVIRONMENT

       FARSETTINGS
              Override location of user settings and configuration files (see option -u).

       FAR2L_ARGS
              All  options  (except  -h  and  -u)  also can be set via the FAR2L_ARGS environment
              variable
              (for example: export FAR2L_ARGS="--tty --nodetect" and then simple far2l to force start only TTY backend).

FULL HELP

       far2l historically has its own contextual help system that can be found  via  pressing  F1
       key wherever in its TUI.

LICENSE

       This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
       by the Free Software Foundation. See the built-in help for details on the License and  the
       lack of warranty.

AVAILABILITY

       The latest version of this program can be found at      https://github.com/elfmz/far2l

SEE ALSO

       mc(1), ed(1), gpm(1), terminfo(1), view(1), sh(1), bash(1), tcsh(1), zsh(1).

       Linux fork of FAR Manager v2 on the World Wide Web:
            https://github.com/elfmz/far2l

AUTHORS

       Authors and contributors are listed in the copyright file.

BUGS

       If   you  want  to  report  a  problem  with  the  program,  please  create  bugreport  at
       https://github.com/elfmz/far2l/issues.

       Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of the program you are running.  If
       the program crashes, we would appreciate a stack trace.