Midnight Commander Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• OpenBSD Desktop

  Midnight Commander is a good TUI file manager. https://midnight-commander.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

• Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager

  Was there something before https://midnight-commander.org/ or was that the OG? - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• How to move a directory to ../ if there is a directory with same name?

  Just use mc (midnight commander) it not only is a terminal based file manager but it will give you the command lines used to do so GNU MIDNIGHT COMMANDER. Source: 12 months ago

• What's that email client doing here?

  Given that you can run shells in Emacs since those are text too, Emacs ends up becoming almost like a Lisp-powered tmux or mc. Source: about 1 year ago

• Best way to move all files from TrueNAS Scale to new Synology?

  Several ways copy over files, depending on your technical capability and requirements. Some prefer to drag & drop or copy file by file between shares, slower but works best when reorganizing folders. Windows for bulk copy between shares use Robocopy via command line or free file copy utility like FreeFileSync, Midnight Commander or Total Commander. Of course, for the more advanced admin, it's also possible to... Source: about 1 year ago

• Which is Best TUI file manager

  You can also try Midnight Commander : https://midnight-commander.org/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Cross Platform File Synchronizing Tool

  Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that midnight commander has a keep the remote directory up to date feature like WinSCP. Source: about 1 year ago

• Awesome CLI & TUI Applications Directory site

  Miss one of the oldest, most powerful file manager (as well powerful editor/viewer/diff) - midnight-commander aka **mc** which basically present in any operation system's repositories. Source: over 1 year ago

• Norton Commander, 1988 Ad.

  There's also Midnight Commander for non-Windows systems. Source: over 1 year ago

• What is the most efficient way of using a terminal file explorer?

  I like the orthodox file manager classics. For a TUI, Midnight Commander or maybe even FAR Manager. :). Source: over 1 year ago

• Software I’m Thankful For

  Lots of good entries, I'll add a few that haven't been mentioned yet: - ncdu, to find out which files and folders take up most of the disk space [1] - julia, because scientific programming was never so fun and fast [2] - midnight commander, because a TUI implementing Norton Commander dual-pane view is so useful! [3] - lazarus, because creating multi-platform desktop apps couldn't be simpler [4] [1]... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Survey: Your Favorite Apps

  On the command line, I always install Midnight Commander (mc), mostly to use the mcedit text editor in the terminal. Source: over 1 year ago

• Double Commander

  >Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle, but as a full time linux user (outside of work where they have me use a macbook), I just use the terminal as my file manager. `ls`, `cp`, `mv`, `rm`, and then a utility installed to have a CLI command for putting things in the trash instead of permanently deleting is pretty much all I need. I certainly get your point of view. As a long time Unix/Linux user, I find... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Is there other software similar to Vim and Emacs?

  IIRC the golden standard is midnight commander ( https://midnight-commander.org/ ), which is another old timer. I wonder how nnn and vifm compare to mc. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Best CLI apps and programs when SSH just works?

  Then there's Midnight commander, probably the best file manager in a command line. Source: about 2 years ago

• Which CLI editor do you use?

  Long living mcedit (as well mcdiff), that are part of mc (aka midnight commander) has more than enough for TUI and in some use cases are more advanced and easier to remember. Source: about 2 years ago

• Are there alternatives to dolphin?

  And then there are a few CLI filemanager like ranger or midnight commander if you prefer that. Source: over 2 years ago

• TIL: 2021-09-30 - Tornado test throws: TimeoutError on debug

  How to open same folder in another panel in Midnight Commander? - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• What are some neat CLl/TUI programs? Noob here

  Mc gang here. Never heard of ranger; will check it out. Source: over 2 years ago

• Is hiring a skilled Microsoft on-premises infrastructure admin these days like finding a unicorn?

  Personally it doesn't bother me. I use what I like; I'm certainly competent enough to use vi at a basic level but I prefer stuff like FAR Manager in Windows and Midnight Commander and other text GUIs. People look at me strangely but the work I do has me comparing directories, editing files on the fly, etc. And the UI is perfect for that. Source: over 2 years ago

• Does anyone migrate their plex docker container between machines?

  Opps I did not specify, the media would be stored on my laptop. Currently I have the same path on each machine (~/media/) then over SSH using midnight commander file manager I can easily multi select the content that I want on my laptop and copy it to my syncthing target directory. If Im watching from a tablet the download feature works fine if I do it before leaving home but I get mixed results when traveling, I... Source: over 2 years ago