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MIDNIGHT Commander Shortcuts For Windows – { 60+ Shortcut Keys }
July 29, 2020 by Evelyn Bernd
Midnight Commander Shortcuts:
The Midnight Commander is a manipulation program. It is used for le and
directory operations, this is exible and more convenient to use.
In this article, we are going to see the list of shortcut keys for the Midnight
Commander.
Midnight Commander
Last updated on Aug 3, 2020.
General Shortcuts:
Shortcut Function
CTRL + R Used to Refresh active panel
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Shortcut Function
This shortcut will Opens chmod dialog for CTRL + X then C marked le
CTRL + X then O Used to Opens chown dialog for marked le
ALT + ? It is used to Opens search dialog
CTRL + X then A This shortcut will Open VFS list.
File Panel Actions Shortcuts:
Shortcut Function
Used to move the selection bar
↑ to the previous entry in the
panel
It is used to move the selection
↓ bar to the next entry in the
panel
This shortcut is move the ← selection bar to the left
Used to move the selection bar → to the right
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Shortcut Function
It is used to move the selection PgUp or Alt + V bar one page up
It will move the selection bar PgDn or Alt + P one page down
Used to move the selection bar Home or A then 1 or Alt + < to the rst entry in the panel
This shortcut is used to move the
End or C then 1 or Alt + > selection bar to the last entry in
the panel
It will move the selection bar to
Alt + G the rst visible entry in the
panel
Helps to move the selection bar
Alt + R to the middle visible entry in the panel
It is used to move the selection Alt + J bar to the last visible entry in
the panel
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Shortcut Function
Used to start a quick lename Alt + S search in the directory listing
This will change char set of the Alt + E current panel
Used to show the directory Alt + H history
Used to move to the next Alt + U directory in the history
It will move to the previous Alt + Y directory in the history
+ Used to select a group of les
It is used to unselect a group of \ les
Used to invert selection on the Alt + * current panel
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Shortcut Function
It will make the current
directory of the current panel Alt + I also the current directory of the
other panel
This shortcut is used to select a
directory, then load that directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the Alt + O next le. If the currently selected le is not a directory, load the parent directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next le
This shortcut will select a link to
the directory, load that
Alt + L directory on the other panel
and moves the selection to the
next le
It is used to move to the child CTRL + PgDn directory
Used to move to the parent CTRL + PgUp directory
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Shortcut Function
This shortcut is used to tag or
Insert or CTRL + T untag les. To untag les, just retag a tagged le
Used to tag le and move the Shift + ↓ selection bar to the next entry
Used to tag le and move the Shift + ↑ selection bar to the previous
entry
Shell Functions Shortcuts:
Shortcut Function
It will Copy selected lename in the Alt + Enter command line
Used to Copy full path of the selected le CTRL + Shift + Enter in the command line
Alt + H It will Show command line history
Function Keys Shortcuts:
Shortcut Function
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Shortcut Function
F1 Help
F2 Used to Open user menu
F3 Used to View selected le content
F4 It will Open le in an internal text editor
This shortcut is used to Copy selected le. The default is to F5 another panel, but it asks rst.
This will Move a le. The default is to another panel, but it F6 asks rst.
F7 Used to Make directory
F8 Used to Delete le or directory
This shortcut Opens the main menu at the top of the F9 screen
It will End current action; editor, viewer, dialog window or F10 ends mc program
In this article, you can learn all the keyboard shortcuts for Midnight
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