Midnight Commander Cheat Sheet

MC Cheat Sheet

Shortcut                  Description
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C-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

A-s                       Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
A-.                       Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
A-Enter                   Put name of the highlighted file on command line
C-r                       Refresh current pane

TAB                       Jump from one panel to the other
A-i                       Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
C-u                       Swap panels

A-c                       Quick cd dialog
A-?                       Search dialog
A-h                       Show history

C-t                       Tag/untag selected item
C-x c                     Chmod dialog
C-x o                     Chown dialog
C-x s                     Create symlink dialog
C-x l                     Create hard link dialog
C-x d                     Compare directories
C-x v                     Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items

C-r                       Refresh listing
C-\                       Directory Hotlist
C-s                       Search for item
C-x i                     Toggle other panel to information mode
C-x q                     Toggle other panel to quick view mode
C-x !                     External Panelize

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