MC (Midnight Commander) is a text-mode full-screen file manager and visual shell. It provides a clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while making many frequent file operations more efficient and preserving the full power of the command prompt.
Download (HTTP): http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/mc-4.6.0.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/util/shell/mc-4.6.0.tar.gz
Download size: 3.6 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 31 MB
Estimated build time: 0.45 SBU
Install MC by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
~/.mc/*
The ~/.mc directory and its contents are created when you start mc for the first time. Then you can edit the main ~/.mc/ini configuration file manually or through the MC shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details.
The MC package contains mc, mcedit, mcmfmt and mcview.
mc is a visual shell.
mcedit is an internal file editor.
mcview is an internal file viewer.