Midnight Commander Cheat Sheet

MC Cheat Sheet

Shortcut                  Description
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Ctrl + O                  Drop to the console
Insert                    Select/deselect file
*                         Invert selection on files
+                         Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
-                         The same as above, but for deselecting
F5/F6                     Copy/move selected files

Alt  + .                  Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
Alt  + Enter              Put name of the highlighted file on command line
Ctrl + R                  Refresh current pane

TAB                       Jump from one panel to the other
Ctrl + I                  -,,-
Alt  + I                  Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
Ctrl + U                  Swap panels
Ctrl + O                  Open directory under cursor in opposite panel, and move lower

Alt  + S                  Incremental search (Alt-s again to jump to next occurence)
Alt  + C                  Quick cd dialog
Alt  + Shift + ?          Search dialog
Alt  + H                  Command history
Alt  + Shift + H          Path history

Ctrl + X   C              Chmod dialog
Ctrl + X   O              Chown dialog
Ctrl + X   S              Create symlink dialog
Ctrl + X   L              Create hard link dialog
Ctrl + X   D              Compare directories


F2 @ unzip                Unzip selected file
F2 @ zip -r foo.zip       Zip current directory as foo.zip

F2 @ 7za x                Extract selected file with 7zip
F2 @ 7za a foo.7z         7zip current directory as foo.7z