Midnight Commander is still my favourite Linux file browser and bulk file manipulation utility. The legacy of Norton Commander will never be forgotten!
Mac Home & End not working
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/161676/home-end-keys-in-zsh-dont-work-with-putty
https://superuser.com/questions/10716/how-to-make-home-or-end-keys-work-in-mc-running-on-os-x-ssh
How to show file sizes in human readable format
F9 / Left or Right / Listing format… / User defined:
Now simply add :4 to size, so that it’s size:4
Bob’s your uncle.
Reference: https://superuser.com/questions/1570436/how-to-show-file-sizes-in-midnight-commander-in-the-most-compact-form-smart-f
How to compress selected files
- Select them
- Press F2
- Press the ‘@’ sign
- Use this command:
7z a ARCHIVE_NAME.7z %s
What extra packages does Midnight Commander like?
If you want your Midnight Commander to have the maximum amount of functionality, installed these optional packages.
The pipe | links mean either|or so pick one that you prefer.
This is from 2019
arj catdvi | texlive-binaries dbview djvulibre-bin genisoimage gv libaspell-dev links | w3m | lynx odt2txt poppler-utils python-boto python-tz xpdf | pdf-viewer