Midnight Commander

LINUX COMMAND

mc  (i.e. Midnight Commander)

From linux (or XO terminal), can be install via

$ yum install mc

A Linux clone of one of the most popular DOS based MS-DOS "file/directory manager" utilities. Very heavily used until the establishment of Windows 3.11. Originally released as "Norton Commander", one of many DOS programs of "Norton Utilities" package. Later purchased by Symantic to be renamed and put under "Symantic Utilites".

Employs basic side by side, two pane navigation and file information. Each pane can be in two separate directores, info view, compressed file view, or even media viewer if correct helper apps are installed too.

Basic commands:

F10  (fn-0)  - quit program
Tab          - change focus from one window pane to another.
F9    (fn-9) - access pull down menus
enter        - change directory or view file.

Install Notes

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 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
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Installing:
 mc                      i386       1:4.6.1a-45.20070124cvs.fc7  olpc_development 2.1M
Installing for dependencies:
 perl                    i386       4:5.8.8-27.fc7   olpc_development   10 M
 perl-libs               i386       4:5.8.8-27.fc7   olpc_development  567 k
 slang                   i386       2.0.7-2.fc7      olpc_development  329 k
 
Transaction Summary
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Total download size: 13 M

References

• Wikipedia
• Symantic

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