title: Midnight Commander Keys
tags: linux mc file-manager

See [this cheatography](https://cheatography.com/brechtm/cheat-sheets/midnight-commander/) for mc.
```csv sep=, cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key,Action
C-I,Refresh display
A-dot,Toggle hidden files
A-comma,Toggle horizontal/vertical split
A-backtick,Show screen selector
A-semicolon/quote,Prev/Next screen
A-s,Search/jump by pattern
C-S-=,Select via pattern (use * to select all)
```

# 1
## General
```csv sep=| cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key|Action
Ctrl+l|Refresh display
Alt+.|Toggle hidden files display
Alt+,|Toggle horizo­nta­l/v­ertical split
Alt+`|Show screen selector
Alt+;/'|Switch to previo­us/next screen
```

## Selected Items
```csv sep=| cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key|Action
Shift+F5|Copy to current directory
Shift+F6|Rename selected item
Ctrl+x, c|chmod dialog
Ctrl+x, o|chown dialog
Ctrl+x, v|Relative symlink dialog
Ctrl+x, s|Absolute symlink dialog
Ctrl+x, l|Hardlink dialog
Ctrl+x, Ctrl+d|File diff active­/in­active panel selection
Ctrl+x, d|Directory diff active­/in­active panel selection
```

## Active Panel
```csv sep=| cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key|Action
Alt+j/k/l|Move cursor to top/ce­nte­r/b­ottom of view
Insert / Ctrl+t / Shift+/|Tag/untag focused item and move down/up
+/-|Tag/untag items by pattern
*|Invert tagging of items
Alt+s|Search­/jump to by pattern
Alt+?|Open search dialog
Alt+t|Cycle panel view mode
Ctrl+x, i/q|Toggle other panel to info/quick view mode
Alt+c|Change directory popup
Alt+i|Change other panel to the same directory
Alt+o/L|Change other panel to the selected direct­ory­/link target (or the parent directory if a file is selected + select next item)
Alt+H|Directory history
Alt+y/u|CD to previo­us/next directory in the history
F12|Open directory hotlist
Ctrl+x, h|Add current directory to hotlist
Ctrl+space|Calculate selected item sizes (.. calculates all item sizes)
Ctrl+r|Refresh listing
Ctrl+u|Swap panels
Alt+P|Open Sort dialog
Alt+R|Reverse sort
Alt+N/­E/S/M|Sort by Name/Ext/Size/ModTime (repeating shortcut reverses sort)
Ctrl+f|Filter (files only)
Alt+!|Filtered view
Shift+/|Scroll left/right
```

## Command Line
```csv sep=| cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key|Action
Alt+h|Open command history
Alt+p/n|Select previo­us/next history entry
Shift+Tab|Complete item name
Ctrl+a/e|Jump to start/end of line
Ctrl+k|Clear to end of line
Alt+/|Jump to start of previo­us/next word
Alt+a/A|Paste active­/in­active panel directory path
Alt+Enter|Paste active panel selected item name
Ctrl+x, t|Paste names of tagged files in active panel
```

## Cmd line variables (active/inactive panel)
```csv sep=| cols=2 vert shadow
csvhead: Key|Action
%d / %D|directory path
%s / %S|tagged or focused item name(s)
%f / %F|focused item name(s)
%b / %B|focused item base name(s)
%x / %X|focused item extension
%t / %T|tagged item name(s)
%%|literal % character
```