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Does anyone still use Midnight commander? (mc from the command line). I think its falling out of favor, but I think a lot of people don't know about it. Its
by acomjean 6y ago
Does anyone still use Midnight commander? (mc from the command line). I think its falling out of favor, but I think a lot of people don't know about it.
Its a clone or the old Norton Commander which uses a termnal (curses based software) to create a kind of file browsing /copying/ moving tool. I like it because I know it, and its easy to browse through directories and veiw the files using a keyboard.
A breif guide with some screenshots:
https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/how-to-install-midnight-commander/ https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/how-to-install-midnight-c...
- ww520 6y agoI still use it occasionally. For one specific thing - tagging large files for batch delete.
- yoz-y 6y agoAll the time on ssh sessions, otherwise I use Forklift. https://binarynights.com/ https://binarynights.com/
- em500 6y agoIt also has a built in editor that behaves like old the DOS text editors from qbasic / Turbo Pascal. I think it's more intuitive than nano, especially for Windows users.