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"w3m as a file browser" by TheOuterLinux

If you are seeing this, that means your browser will probably not play the video. For older systems or text-browser users, use the following in a terminal to play video with mpv or click link to download. If in the console, you may be able to move your mouse (gpm) to highlight with left-click+drag and then paste into a shell with right-click without leaving w3m via "!" key.mpv --vo=x11,drm,tct,caca --ao=pulse,alsa,jack --ytdl-format="best[ext=mp4][height<=?720]" https://archive.org/download/command-line-w-3m-as-a-file-browser/Command-line%20-%20w3m%20as%20a%20file%20browser.mp4

Description

I think I got bored and was just fishing for command-line things to do, aka a "duct tape" solution to a problem no one really has. This video shows how to use the terminal web browser "w3m" as a local file browser instead. This video also contains a keyboard keys used subtitle of sorts to help explain things. Trust me, you're better off using "ranger" as a command-line file browser, but oh well.

Keywords: w3m, linux, foss, gnu, file management, command-line, terminal
Video License: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

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