---
name: "xfe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xfe"
version: "2.0.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xfe"
---

# xfe(1)

A lightweight file manager for X Window

## NAME

xfe - A lightweight file manager for X Window

## SYNOPSIS

**xfe** \[-h\] \[--help\] \[-v\] \[--version\] \[-i\] \[--iconic\] \[-m\] \[--maximized\] \[-p n\] \[--panel n\] \[*FOLDER \| FILE...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

X File Explorer (xfe) is a lightweight file manager for X Window, written using the FOX toolkit. It is desktop independent and can easily be customized. It has Windows Commander or MS-Explorer look and it's very fast and light weight. Xfe is based on X Win Commander, written by Maxim Baranov.

## AUTHOR

Roland Baudin \<roland65@free.fr\>.

## OPTIONS

xfe accepts the following options:

- **-h, --help**

  Print the help screen and exit.

- **-v, --version**

  Print version information and exit.

- **-i, --iconic**

  Start iconified.

- **-m, --maximized**

  Start maximized.

- **-p n, --panel n**

  Force panel view mode to n (n=0 =\> Tree and one panel, n=1 =\> One panel, n=2 =\> Two panels, n=3 =\> Tree and two panels).

- **FOLDER \| FILE**

  Specifies a list of folders or files to open when starting xfe. They can be regular paths like /home/test, or URIs like file:///home/test. The first two folders are displayed in the file panels, the others are ignored. The number of files to open is not limited.

## SEE ALSO

[**xfa**(1)](/xfa/1.md), [**xfi**(1)](/xfi/1.md), [**xfp**(1)](/xfp/1.md) [**xfw**(1)](/xfw/1.md),