Double CMD
Version: Web: http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net
Old habits die hard: just go look at how many Windows users still run a twin-panel file manager on top of a modern material design UI. While white-bearded men stick to acid-blue FarManager, others sanely prefer TotalCommander, which is a Swiss Army knife for handling files.
When tired of laggy performance on Windows, people come to Linux and soon want to have a native clone of TotalCommander for Linux. We have one and it’s called DoubleCommander. It shows a two-panel detailed view of your file system, so you can place the source in the left and the target on the right (or reversed) and then copy or move your files between the two. Traditional key bindings are carefully retained allowing you to copy files with F5; move with F6; create a new directory with F7 and delete with F8. DoubleCommander has its own built-in text editor with syntax highlight and line numbers, which you can invoke with F4.
There are so many features in DoubleCommander that it’d take pages to review everything but here are some highlights. There’s a dedicated tool for bulk renaming which works for both files and directories and supports masks. DoubleCommander also has a very handy queuing tool for manually reordering file operations and changing their priority. Crucially, it does all jobs in the background letting you keep surfing while something is copying/moving or being deleted. Additionally, you can extract and compress files in archives transparently, as if you’re working with regular directories. Another good feature is its support for Total Commander plugins that are widely presented on the Internet in WCX, WDX and WLX format.
Currently, DoubleCommander has two different interfaces ( GTK2 and Qt4) and is included in many Linux distros. The official website always has the most recent builds in RPM and Deb as well as a portable build, which will run on any system.
“Double Commander has a dedicated tool for bulk renaming.”