Midnight

Midnight-Commander

The Midnight-Commander (MC) is a file manager under GNU Public Licence. The structure of the COMANDER is based on the familiar Norton Commander for DOS/WINDOWS .

The capacities of the 'Midnight-Commander' comprise:

You can change a directory (marked by a "/" in front of the directory's name) by double click with the mouse or by selecting with the cursor keys and confirming with enter.

If you double click ".." in MC this will move you one directory up-
Right below the options bar you can find the basic applications of the MC, which you can select via F1-F10 keys..
Employing the F3 key you can open the selected file.
Employing the F4 key you an open the selected file with the editor..

Employing the F5 key you copy the selected file.

Employing the F6 key you can displace the selected file.

If you wish to select a certain file group press the " + " button. A dialogue box is opened and you can enter the selection parameter. The " * " joker represents a random number of characters and /or digits. " * .data" for example selects all files with the ending "data". " f *a" lists all files with " f" as the first and " a " as the last character. " * " selects all files.

If you wish to exclude certain files from a selection press "-" to open a dialogue box where you can enter criteria for the files to be excluded.

The Midnight-Commander allows you to view files and delete incorrectly saved files, for example: Start the MC in the terminal window with the call mc. To open the terminal window you have to employ the relevant icon from the menu bar of the window manager at the lower margin of the screen.

In the top margin of the left and right windows you will see the name of the directories which are currently open. You can switch from the left to the right window and vice versa by pressing the tab key.

For further information about the Midnight-Commander go to www.gnome.org/mc