MC (midnight Commander) Usage Details

What is MC? With the popularity of gnome and KDE graphic interfaces, the file browser derived from GNU, known as Swiss Army knife # Debian, is increasingly unknown.

 

First:

Wolf @ Debian :~ $ Man MC <br/> name <br/> Mc-Visual shell for Unix-like systems. <br/> usage <br/> Mc [-abccdfhpstuuvx] [-l log] [dir1 [dir2] [-E] [-V file] <br/> description <br/> GNU midnight commander is a directory Browser/File Manager for Unix-like operating systems. <br/>

From the online documentation, you can get a rough idea of its surface. ^_^.

 

 

 

 

We can see that the MC text interface is divided into four parts:

 

* The top menu bar (whatever it is ). You can click on the virtual terminal and console (you need to install GPM # aptitude install GPM in the console) or press F9 to activate it.

* There are two windows in the middle, one of which is the activation window at work and the other is in the inactive state. Of course, you can use the tab key to switch between them (change the activation status ).

* The second-to-last column contains the command line (CRF ). We can execute corresponding shell commands in this row.

* Some function key labels (function key Label [s]) are located at the bottom. For example, "10" means to exit. You can press F10.

 

There are several basic actions to grasp:

* You can use the arrow keys (arrow key) to move up and down, highlighting the current file to be moved (common files, directories, compressed files ).

* Enter the current file (, common file, directory, compressed file), and press Enter.

* To switch to the parent directory, use arry key to move to the/.. directory and press Enter.

 

 

The following describes the features of MC.

* Operation files (text files)

 

MC has built-in document reader and editor. You can directly access the two from the command line, or press F3 (viewer) and F4 (editor) after entering MC.

1) enter the following command line:

 

Mc-V filename # enter the reader <br/> Mc-e filename # enter the editor
 

2. Open MC and enter:

Assume that the file name is filename.

Press F4 (F3) to enter edit mode (read mode) <br/> note some function keys at the bottom. This can be used at will.

 

The following are the commands for F1-F10 in different modes. (Most of them can be found on the function key tag at the bottom)

 

	Browse Mode	View Mode	Edit mode
F1	Displays the main help screen	Displays the viewer help screen	Displays the editor help screen
F2	Activates the user menu	Wrap/unwraps the text	Saves the file
F3	View the selected file	Exits View Mode	Selects text
F4	Edit the selected file	Toggles ASCII/Hex View Mode	Find and replace
F5	Copy the selected file	Opens the Goto line Dialog	Copy selected text to cursor position
F6	Rename/move the selected file	Regexp search	Move selected text to cursor position
F7	Creates a new directory in the active panel	Search	Search
F8	Deletes the selected file	Toggle raw/parsed Mode	Delete the current line or selection
F9	Displays the top menu	Toggles format/unformat View	Displays editor's top menu
F10	Exits MC	Exits View Mode	Exits edit mode

 

 

 

* Operate VFS (Virtual File System ).

Supported VFS include FTP, fish (SSH and other remote connections) and SMB.

 

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Command Line skills in MC

• The CD command can change the directory location in the focus screen.
  

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  Control-enter or Alt-enter
  You can copy the file name to the command line. When editing a command line, you can
  Use the CP or MV command in combination.
  

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  Alt-tab displays the file name of the file or directory to which the focus file belongs.
  

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  You can specify the start directory of the two Mc directory windows, for example, MC/etc.
  /Root.
  

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  ESC + numberkey = FN (for example, ESC + '1' = F1, etc.; ESC +
  '0' = F10)
  

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  ESC-Key = alt-Key (= Meta, M-); for example, ESC + 'C' is equivalent to alt-C
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference:

1. http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/113 736

2. Debian official documentation