Midnight Commander keyboard shortcuts

Midnight Commander  

Zeynel -
6 years ago
- Shortcuts
1
Ctrl + R

Refresh active panel

1
Ctrl + X then O

Opens chown dialog for marked file

5
Alt + ?

Opens search dialog

5
Ctrl + X then A

Open VFS list. If a ftp session times out, you can use this to free the open vfs so you can log in again.

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1
Alt + <

move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel

1
Alt + G

move the selection bar to the first visible entry in the panel

2
Alt + S

start a quick filename search in the directory listing

0
Alt + E

change charset of current panel

1
+

select (tag) a group of files

1
\

unselect a group of files

3
Alt + I

make the current directory of the current panel also the current directory of the other panel

0
Alt + O

If the currently selected file is a directory, load that directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file. If the currently selected file is not a directory, load the parent directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file

1
↑  Shift +

tag file and move the selection bar to the next entry

3
Alt + ⤶ Enter

Copies selected filename in command line

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Copies full path of selected file in the command line

0
F3

View selected file content

1
F4

Opens file in internal text editor

0
F6

Moving file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first.

1
F9

Opens main menu at the top of the screen


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Program information

Program name: Midnight Commander Midnight Commander (File manager)

Midnight Commander (also known as GNU Midnight Commander) is a console file manager application with text user interface. It was started as a clone of then-popular Norton Commander.

Web page: midnight-commander.org

Last update: 1/23/2020 11:18 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 81%

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Shortcut count: 52

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? MB OP says : 5 years ago 12/30/2018 5:27 PM
crtl+o Toggle hide panel