Linux: feh Image Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts

feh is the best linux image viewer that allow random slide show of nested directories.

to install

sudo apt-get install feh

then, to view all images randomly at ~/Pictures, do:

feh --recursive --randomize --auto-zoom --geometry 1600x1000 ~/Pictures

feh will do a slide show of all files in that dir.

--geometry 1600x1000 means set a fixed window size. (otherwise, window size changes with each image)

feh Keyboard Shortcuts

• mouse wheel up → previous image.
• mouse wheel down → next image.
• ← → previous image.
• → → next image.
• Backspace ⌫ → previous image.
• Space → next image.
• ↑ → zoom-in
• ↓ → zoom-out
• Home → first image.
• End → last image.
• PageUp → previous random image.
• PageDown → next random image.
• right click → menu options.
• Escape → exit.

Adding Action Key to Delete/Move Files

you can add a action to the key 0, by the argument --action command. For example, to have 0 move the current image to trash, call it like this:

feh --recursive --action "gvfs-trash '%f'" ~/Pictures/ &

• the gvfs-trash is a command in Gnome desktop to move file to trash.
• the '%f' means file path.

You can add more key actions. Keys 1 to 9 are available, corresponding to --action1 to --action9.

For more detail, see man feh.

See also: Linux: Image Viewers