---
name: "lfm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lfm"
version: "3.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lfm"
---

# lfm(1)

a powerful file manager for the UNIX console

## NAME

**lfm** - a powerful file manager for the UNIX console

## SYNOPSIS

**lfm \[-h\] \[-d\] \[-w\] \[--restore-config\] \[--restore-keys\]** **\[--restore-theme\] \[--delete-history\]** **\[path1\] \[path2\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**Last File Manager is a powerful file manager for the UNIX console.** It has a curses interface and it's written in Python v3.4+.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show help and exit

- **-d, --debug**

  Enable debug level in log file

- **-w, --use-wide-chars**

  Enable support for wide chars

- **--restore-config**

  Restore default configuration

- **--restore-keys**

  Restore default key bindings

- **--restore-theme**

  Restore default theme

- **--delete-history**

  Delete history

- **\[path1\]**

  Path to show in left pane (default: ".", current directory)

- **\[path2\]**

  Path to show in right pane (default: ".", current directory)

## LICENSE

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later 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://inigo.katxi.org/devel/lfm.

## AUTHOR

**lfm** was written by Iñigo Serna  \<inigoserna@gmail.com\>

This manual page was written by Sebastien Bacher for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Adapted for lfm v3.0 by Iñigo Serna.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation which includes the keys descriptions is in /usr/share/doc/lfm/README.