Midnight Commander keyboard shortcuts 

Midnight Commander    

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- Shortcuts
0
F1

Help

0
F5

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

0
F2

Opens user menu

1
F3

View selected file content

0

move the selection bar to the previous entry in the panel

0

move the selection bar to the left

0

move the selection bar to the right

0

move the selection bar to the next entry in the panel

1
Ctrl + R

Refresh active panel

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

0
Home

move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel

0
F7

Make directory

0
F8

Delete file or directory

0
Ctrl + T

tag or untag files. To untag files, just retag a tagged file

0
End

move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel

0
Page Down

move the selection bar one page down

0
Page Up

move the selection bar one page up

0
F10

Ends current action; editor, viewer, dialog window or ends mc program

1
+

select (tag) a group of files

3
Alt + ⤶ Enter

Copies selected filename in command line

0
Insert

tag or untag files. To untag files, just retag a tagged file

0
↑  Shift +

tag file and move the selection bar to the previous entry

1
↑  Shift +

tag file and move the selection bar to the next entry

2
Alt + S

start a quick filename search in the directory listing

0
Alt + R

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

0
Alt + P

move the selection bar one page down

0
Ctrl + Page Down

move to the child directory

-1
Ctrl + Page Up

move to the parent directory

0
Alt + L

If the currently selected file is a link to the directory, load that directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file

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

0
Alt + E

change charset of current panel

4
Alt + I

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

1
\

unselect a group of files

1
Alt + G

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

0
Alt + H

show the directory history

1
Alt + H

Shows command line history

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Copies full path of selected file in the command line

0
Alt + V

move the selection bar one page up

0
Alt + U

move to the next directory in the history

0
Alt + J

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

0
Alt + Y

move to the previous directory in the history

1
Alt + <

move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel

0
Alt + >

move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel

0
Alt + *

invert selection on the current panel

5
Alt + ?

Opens search dialog

2
Ctrl + X then O

Opens chown dialog for marked file

0
Ctrl + X then C

Opens chmod dialog for marked file

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.

0
A then 1

move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel

0
C then 1

move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel

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Program information

Program name: Midnight Commander Midnight Commander (File manager)

Web page: midnight-commander.org

Last update: 23/01/2020 11:18 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 81%

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Shortcut count: 52

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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