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Brilliant file manager Midnight Commander


Todays topic is simple: Free open source (GNU Licensed) and awsome visual file manager with versatile text interface.
If you are new in linux and dont remember all these shell commands to manipulate files this tool is especially for you.
With Midnight Commander you can easy:

  • copy, move, delete and rename file
  • make and delete directory
  • view and edit file
  • search for file
  • make link and symbolic link
  • compare directories
  • change permissions right
  • compress subdirectories with tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.7z or tar.xz
  • do operation on groups
  • run commands in the subshell
  • copy file to remote host
  • …and much, much more

And the best is you can do it all using keyboard or mouse, directly on machine or remotely through SSH connection.
Its awsome isnt it?
So lets install this magic tool:sudo apt-get mc
install Midnight Commander
Hit ‘y’ and then ‘enter’ to continue installation. After that type:mc and here is he:
Midnight Commander running
Midnight Commander menu
The most common functions are:

  • F1 – open help window
  • F2 – open menu with useful commands
  • F3 – view file
  • F4 – edit file with selected editor
  • F5 – copy file
  • F6 – move file or directory
  • F7 – make directory
  • F8 – delete file or directory
  • F9 – activate menu
  • F10 – quit mc

Double ‘esc’ hit closes previously opened function window like this below copy window opened by F5
Midnight Commander okno kopiowania
And the best magic function is that if you hit: ‘ctrl+x+o’ Midnight Commander disappears and you have shell command line. But hit it again and MC is on the screen again – brilliant.
Visit project site at midnight-commander.org


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