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Usage

Start peektea in the current working directory:

peektea

That's it — no flags needed for the basics. From here, everything is keyboard-driven:

  • Navigation & keys

    Move around the filesystem, open files, and quit — all the core bindings in one table.

  • Opening files

    Press o to launch the program configured for an entry's extension — terminal apps take over, GUI apps run in the background.

  • Filtering

    Press / and narrow the list as you type, matching entries in real time.

  • Hidden files

    Press . to toggle dotfiles on and off — composes with filtering so you can search either way.

  • Preview panel

    Press p for a side-by-side preview — text with syntax highlighting, images rendered inline, directory listings, and binary detection.

  • Sorting

    Press s to cycle between name, size, and modified-time order.

See peektea -h for the built-in help screen:

peektea -h