Midnight Commander

Tip and tricks for using midnight commander in OS X

A great file manager, which can really speed up development time (and save your arms if you've got RSI as you use your mouse much less).

If you've got fink, you can install midnight using:

sudo apt-get install mc

The key sequences are often a little different between OS X and Linux - is often used instead of .

CommandAction
ESC-OMatch both panes.
CTRL-\Hotlist (bookmark directories)
CTRL-X CSet permissions.
CTRL-OMove between shell and midnight commander.
C-x pCopy the current pathname to the command line.
ESC-RETURNCopy current file to the command line.

NB: If a key is not joined to others with a '-' it means release the previous keys. So, for example, -X C means, press and X together, release, and then press X.