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Midnight Commander keyboard shortcuts  Midnight Commander

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  List of shortcut keys
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Common Functions

Midnight Commander

Ctrl + rRefresh active panel +       –
Ctrl + x cOpens chmod dialog for marked file +       –
Ctrl + x oOpens chown dialog for marked file +       –
Alt + ?Opens search dialog +       –
Ctrl-x aOpen VFS list. If a ftp session times out, you can use this to free the open vfs so you can log in again. +       –
 
Panel Functions

Midnight Commander

TABSwitch focus between left and right panel +       –
InsertMarks or removes mark on file(s) +       –
Alt + gMarks first file or directory in active panel +       –
Alt + rMarks middle file or directory in active panel +       –
Alt + jMarks last file or directory in active panel +       –
Alt + sIncremental search +       –
Ctrl + /Look for filename given in last line of active panel (not whole screen), and jumps on first file +       –
*Marks removes marking for all files in active panel (not directories) +       –
+ (Plus)Brings up the input box where it can be given regular expression. All files with names that fill condition(s) in regular expression will be marked. +       –
\ (Backslash)Remove marking for more data (opposite to + ) +       –
 
Shell Functions

Midnight Commander

Alt + EnterCopies selected filename in command line +       –
Ctrl + Shft + EnterCopies full path of selected file in the command line +       –
Alt + HShows command line history +       –
 
Function Keys

Midnight Commander

F1Help +       –
F2Opens user menu +       –
F3View selected file content +       –
F4Opens file in internal text editor +       –
F5Copies selected file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first. +       –
F6Moving file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first. +       –
F7Make directory. +       –
F8Delete file or directory. +       –
F9Opens main menu at the top of the screen. +       –
F10Ends current action; editor, viewer, dialog window or ends mc program. +       –
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