File manager for the vi man - vifm

Vi rocks! I use ratpoison/wmii as my window manager, screen as my terminal manager, and vim as my editor (surprise!)

One problem is that, sometimes, I want to see a directory listing as in a conventional file manager and I am stuck with a bloated gui (ubuntu comes with nautilus as default)

Well, there is a solution - vifm.

Install it using:
apt-get install vifm
It is present in the ubuntu/debian repos.

The cool thing is you can manipulate stuff using vi commands.
Type
:help to see an overview of commands after bringing up vifm
There is also a vifmrc file inside ~/.vifm directory which can be manipulated - for example, use opera browser to deal with all html files.

vifm was inspired by midnight commander, another console based, and, more powerful file manager.
Though since vi is burnt into my synapses, I prefer vifm!

Home page of vifm: http://vifm.sourceforge.net/

Now, I can manipulate files using vi commands :D