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