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The "lscd" File Browser

I've been casually working on a file browser that has a similar interface like

ranger, but takes a different approach, in that it is written in POSIX shell.

It's called "lscd", for being a vim-like interface for the commands "ls" and

"cd".

I wanted to combine the elegance, portability and simplicity of a short bash

script with the ability to get me whereever I want ASAP without the "cd TAB TAB

TAB" boilerplate. Additionally, it can use ranger's file opener "rifle" to

execute files just the way ranger does.

I'm not finished yet, but there is a working alpha version at github:

It uses the basic h/j/k/l vim type movement control keys. Check the source for

more key bindings, it makes no sense to write a complete list at this stage of

development.

And the obligatory screen shot:

As you can see, there are no miller columns like in ranger. That may or may not

change in the future. I suspect it would be too slow in bash.

Pro tip: if you run lscd with the command ". lscd", it will run in the current

bash environment, rather than in a new one. Only this way the directory will

actually change after you close lscd.

Update on 2014-09-11

Seems like somebody was inspired by lscd, rebuilt it in bash, and actually implemented miller columns. The code can be found here: