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EFS TUI

The Morph EFS TUI is the normal interactive EFS experience.

morphcloud efs tui

Use it when you want to inspect EFS state, create or mount a filesystem, watch mount status, unmount, or browse files from an active mount without stitching together several CLI commands.

The TUI is the interactive EFS experience and a browser for mounted paths. It does not stream file contents through the EFS API.

Open the TUI

Start the TUI:

morphcloud efs tui

Open a specific filesystem:

morphcloud efs tui shared-files

If exactly one ready filesystem is visible, morphcloud efs tui can open it directly. If more than one ready filesystem is visible, pass the filesystem name explicitly.

Common workflow

  1. Start the TUI with morphcloud efs tui.
  2. Create or select a filesystem.
  3. Mount the filesystem.
  4. Browse files from the active mount.
  5. Unmount when you are done.
  6. Quit the TUI.

For direct shell workflows, the equivalent commands are:

morphcloud efs create shared-files
morphcloud efs mount shared-files
ls ~/morph-efs/shared-files
morphcloud efs unmount shared-files

Visible controls

The TUI shows the active controls in its footer. The main controls are:

KeyAction
rRefresh the current view
RRun a deeper refresh
j / kMove selection
cCreate a filesystem
mMount the selected filesystem
uUnmount the selected filesystem
bBrowse files from an active mount
EnterOpen the selected item while browsing
BackspaceMove up while browsing
qQuit

Browse behavior

File browsing depends on an active mount. If the filesystem is not mounted yet, mount it from the TUI or with:

morphcloud efs mount shared-files

The default mounted path is:

~/morph-efs/shared-files

After the mount is ready, the TUI can browse from the mount path.

When to use the TUI vs CLI

Use the TUI for interactive inspection and day-to-day exploration. Use the CLI commands when you need a repeatable script, JSON output, or a short one-off command.