• GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software.
  • The Installation Process. Midnight Commander is not a default Linux system utility. Type the following command to install it in your system
  • This lets you focus on the command line or see previous command output while Midnight Commander runs in the background.
  • Midnight commander does not attempt to emulate vim bindings, but rather seeks to replicate a graphical application with menu bar and all.
  • Overview#. Midnight Commander is an application modeled after the Norton Commander for DOS and runs inside a terminal.
  • Free. Windows. ••• Windows XP+/32 bit native port of GNU Midnight Commander, based on the current 4.8.30 development stream.
  • Midnight Commander is a console application with a text user interface. The main interface consists of two panels which display the file system.
  • Midnight Commander's repository. Contribute to MidnightCommander/mc development by creating an account on GitHub.
  • To start Midnight Commander, enter the command mc followed optionally by either 1 or 2 directories to browse at start up. Screen Layout.
  • On exit, the shell returns to the directory Midnight Commander was started from, instead of the last active directory.