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pcmanfm-qt(1)

pcmanfm-qt1

A lightweight qt-based file manager for x window.

Usage

pcmanfm-qt [OPTION ...] [FILE1, FILE2, ...]

Overview

PCMan File Manager Qt (PCManFM-Qt) is an extremely fast, lightweight, yet feature-rich file manager with tabbed browsing. It is the default file manager for the lightweight desktop environment LXQt.

Options

Help Options:

-h, --help

Show help options

Application Options:

-p, --profile=PROFILE

Set name of configuration profile

-d, --daemon-mode

Run PCManFM as a daemon

--quit

Quit PCManFM

--desktop

Launch desktop manager

--desktop-off

Turn off desktop manager if it's running

--desktop-pref=NAME

Open desktop preference dialog on the page with the specified name

-w, --set-wallpaper=FILE

Set desktop wallpaper from image FILE

--wallpaper-mode=MODE

Set mode of desktop wallpaper. MODE=(color|stretch|fit|center|tile)

--show-pref=NAME

Open Preferences dialog on the page with the specified name

-n, --new-window

Open new window

-f, --find-files

Open Find Files utility

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)

Authors

pcmanfm-qt was primarily written by Hong Jen Yee (PCMan) <[email protected]>.

From pcmanfm-qt 2.4.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.