Midnight Commander (MC) is similar to the venerable Norton Commander (DOS) and is one of the most famous shell programs for Linux. This program offers the ability to manage files in a more intuitive way, especially for people more familiar with GUI file management tools.
Installation
Midnight Commander can be installed using the Pakfire section of the web interface or with the shell command:
pakfire install -y mc
Usage
There is no web interface for this Addon. To run this Addon open the client console or terminal and access the IPFire box via SSH.
mc
Midnight Commander visual shell. To obtain a list of possible options:
mc -h
The output is similar to this:
[root@ipfire ~]# mc -h
Usage:
mc [OPTION…] [this_dir] [other_panel_dir]
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.22
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-terminal Terminal options
--help-color Color options
Application Options:
-V, --version Displays the current version
-f, --datadir Print data directory
-F, --datadir-info Print extended info about used data directories
--configure-options Print configure options
-P, --printwd=<file> Print last working directory to specified file
-U, --subshell Enables subshell support (default)
-u, --nosubshell Disables subshell support
-l, --ftplog=<file> Log ftp dialog to specified file
-v, --view=<file> Launches the file viewer on a file
-e, --edit=<file> ... Edit files
To start MC use the following command:
mc
mcedit
File editor of Midnight Commander.
To obtain a list of possible options:
mcedit -h
The output is similar to this:
[root@ipfire ~]# mcedit -h
Usage:
mcedit [OPTION…] [+lineno] file1[:lineno] [file2[:lineno]...]
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.22
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-terminal Terminal options
--help-color Color options
Application Options:
-V, --version Displays the current version
-f, --datadir Print data directory
-F, --datadir-info Print extended info about used data directories
--configure-options Print configure options
-P, --printwd=<file> Print last working directory to specified file
-U, --subshell Enables subshell support (default)
-u, --nosubshell Disables subshell support
-l, --ftplog=<file> Log ftp dialog to specified file
-v, --view=<file> Launches the file viewer on a file
-e, --edit=<file> ... Edit files
To start mcedit use the following command:
mcedit
Links
You can find more information about MC at:
* this location
* Midnight Commander - Draft of documentation
* Midnight Commander