medya
May 25th, 2007, 01:51 PM
this article is from my blog (http://blog.shevin.info/2007/05/mc-text-mode-file-manager-northern.html), I have more ubuntu articles .
If you remember old days of MS DOS , you would miss N.C (Norton Commander) file manager for MS.DOS ...the two blue columns box which you could select files in one side and copy them to next side , just by pressing F5 , without typing any command !
and guess what , I found NC for ubuntu , it is called MC here (midnight commander).
you may ask why would I use MC while we have other graphical file managers (like Nautilus or Konqueror ).
I tell you M.C is a semi-graphical file manager, which means it runs under Temrinal Window in "Text mode" and you know I am in love text mode programs (like Image magic for editing images in text mode) .
a program which works in text mode is better because :
* It is sooo much fast than simmilar programs in graphical mode .
* You can run it in SSH based terminal . (for example I connect to my webhosting server using SSH and I manage my files whithout typing commands)
* They look professional ! (Actualy they are)
MC is a text-mode program which helps you get ride of typing many commands in linux and makes life more comfrotable , I loved MC , I recommend this software !
in Ubuntu , you can install it using synaptic package manager (search for MC or midnight commander) for other linux distors you can download it from their site .
and to run it , simply type mc in terminal .
and at the end , I write some tips which would help you in using this software :
How to Copy or Move: as you see in my screenshot , it has two sides, choose your file in left side and then go to right side by pressing Tab and then choose the destination and then press F5 your filel will be copied ! (for moving you press F6.)
How to select many files: you can mark multiple files (or folders) using "insert" key , when you mark a file using "insert" it becomes yellow .
then you can do something to all of them (copy all of them, move all of them ,...)
to select all , press * key . (all of them will become yellow)
to unselect simply press insert key again and it will become white again.
How to zip and unzip the beautiful thing about MC is , you can compress uncompress files so easily . (I always forget zip related commands)
for example select the files you want to zip and then press F2 and in the menu choose compress ...you can do everything with MC , including CHMOD (permissions)
MC is mouse friendly you can use mouse too (but you don't have to), for example you can clik on the right side , instead of pressing tab . or you can click on "File" in the menu at the top
(aah I remember DOS days again, at those times I had to run the Mouse program before NC to enable mouse mode . I have such a Nostalgic feeling about MS DOS right now, somebody give me a hug please !)
If you remember old days of MS DOS , you would miss N.C (Norton Commander) file manager for MS.DOS ...the two blue columns box which you could select files in one side and copy them to next side , just by pressing F5 , without typing any command !
and guess what , I found NC for ubuntu , it is called MC here (midnight commander).
you may ask why would I use MC while we have other graphical file managers (like Nautilus or Konqueror ).
I tell you M.C is a semi-graphical file manager, which means it runs under Temrinal Window in "Text mode" and you know I am in love text mode programs (like Image magic for editing images in text mode) .
a program which works in text mode is better because :
* It is sooo much fast than simmilar programs in graphical mode .
* You can run it in SSH based terminal . (for example I connect to my webhosting server using SSH and I manage my files whithout typing commands)
* They look professional ! (Actualy they are)
MC is a text-mode program which helps you get ride of typing many commands in linux and makes life more comfrotable , I loved MC , I recommend this software !
in Ubuntu , you can install it using synaptic package manager (search for MC or midnight commander) for other linux distors you can download it from their site .
and to run it , simply type mc in terminal .
and at the end , I write some tips which would help you in using this software :
How to Copy or Move: as you see in my screenshot , it has two sides, choose your file in left side and then go to right side by pressing Tab and then choose the destination and then press F5 your filel will be copied ! (for moving you press F6.)
How to select many files: you can mark multiple files (or folders) using "insert" key , when you mark a file using "insert" it becomes yellow .
then you can do something to all of them (copy all of them, move all of them ,...)
to select all , press * key . (all of them will become yellow)
to unselect simply press insert key again and it will become white again.
How to zip and unzip the beautiful thing about MC is , you can compress uncompress files so easily . (I always forget zip related commands)
for example select the files you want to zip and then press F2 and in the menu choose compress ...you can do everything with MC , including CHMOD (permissions)
MC is mouse friendly you can use mouse too (but you don't have to), for example you can clik on the right side , instead of pressing tab . or you can click on "File" in the menu at the top
(aah I remember DOS days again, at those times I had to run the Mouse program before NC to enable mouse mode . I have such a Nostalgic feeling about MS DOS right now, somebody give me a hug please !)