Midnight Commander Basics

Close/restore both panels in order to use console Ctrl – o Com mand historywere entered from panel-on mode Esc – h Command history were entered from panel-off mode (type ‘history’ and press ‘enter’) Directory change history Alt – Shift – h To the end/beginning of the pannesl’s content Home/End Use the current (focused) file/directory as a part of command Esc – Enter Select and deselect all the panel’s content +*Enter and -*Enter Find file/directory that begin with ‘abc’ Ctrl – s ‘abc’ Extended search Esc – Shift – ? View information about file/directory Ctrl – x i View the contents of file/directory Ctrl – x q View directory extent Ctrl – Space Move fast to upper directory Home Enter Move fast to the filesystem root ‘cd /’ Enter Move fast to user’s home directory ‘cd ~’ Enter Make the panel’s content the same Alt – i Fast copy or move to new subdirectory (in video) Create directory F7 Create an empty file and edit it Shift – F4