Manual: thunar

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NAME
       Thunar - File Manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment

SYNOPSIS

       Thunar [options] [[URI]...]

       Thunar [options] --bulk-rename [[URI]...]

       Thunar [options] --quit

DESCRIPTION
       Thunar is a fast and easy to use file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It has been designed from the ground
       up to be lighweight with special focus on usability. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include
       any confusing or useless options.

INVOCATION
       Thunar takes a list of URIs for folders that should be opened in new file manager windows or files that should be
       selected in new file manager windows. The URIs may be specified as either file: or trash: URIs, absolute paths or
       paths relative to the current directory from which Thunar is being invoked. If no URIs are specified, the current
       folder will be opened in a new file manager window.

       When the --bulk-rename option is specified no file managers windows will be opened, but instead the URIs will be
       passed to the bulk renamer. The bulk renamer allows one to rename several files or folders at once using different
       renamer modules.

   Options
       -?, --help
	   Print brief help and exit.

       -V, --version
	   Print version information and exit.

       -B, --bulk-rename
	   Open the URIs in a standalone window of the bulk renamer.

       --daemon
	   Do not terminate the Thunar instance when the last window is closed, but keep it running to speed up opening new
	   windows later on. This is the default when spawning Thunar as part of the default Xfce session or when using
	   D-Bus activation.

       --display=DISPLAY
	   Use the specified X DISPLAY for the user interface.

       -q, --quit
	   Terminate any Thunar instance running in the background (spawned using the --daemon option). This command should
	   be used whenever Thunar is upgraded to a new version to ensure that no old instance is reused.

AUTHOR
       Thunar was written by Benedikt Meurer .

       This manual page was written by Benedikt Meurer .

							 01/23/2026						   THUNAR(1)