THUNAR
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 02/12/2021
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NAME
Thunar - File Manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment
SYNOPSIS
-
Thunar [options] [[URI]...]
-
Thunar [options] --bulk-rename [[URI]...]
-
Thunar [options] --quit
DESCRIPTION
Thunar
is a fast and easy to use file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It has been designed from the ground up to be lighweight with special focus on usability. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any confusing or useless options.
INVOCATION
Thunar
takes a list of
URIs for folders that should be opened in new file manager windows or files that should be run using the default application for their types. The
URIs may be specified as either
file:
or
trash:
URIs, absolute paths or paths relative to the current directory from which
Thunar
is being invoked. If no
URIs are specified, the current folder will be opened in a new file manager window.
When the
--bulk-rename
option is specified no file managers windows will be opened, but instead the
URIs will be passed to the bulk renamer. The bulk renamer allows one to rename several files or folders at once using different renamer modules.
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 to speed up opening new windows later on. This is the default when spawning
Thunar
as part of the default Xfce session or when using D-Bus activation.
--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 ensure that no old instance is reused.
AUTHOR
Thunar
was written by Benedikt Meurer
<benny@xfce.org>.
This manual page was written by Benedikt Meurer
<benny@xfce.org>.