Midnight Commander
Midnight Commander is a free software which allows you to interact with your files on Linux with an easy to use visual manager. Some of the best features include:
- One button Copy/Cut/Paste and other actions with F-row keys
- File Explorer with preview window
- Can be used to connect and interact with an FTP server
- Mouse interaction
Copy operation in Midnight commander (MC)
By Default all Ultra.cc services come with Midnight Commander installed and it can be started as easily as connecting to your service via SSH and executing the command mc.
- Midnight Commander allows you to interact with the SSH console using your mouse so you can simply Click a folder or file you wish to navigate to.
- In this example, we will copy the file “Folder1file” to Folder2 using Midnight Commander.
- Once you have your Source and destination chosen you can either use the top menu bar to access options.
- This will present you with the confirmation dialog and show you the path you will copy to clicking OK or hitting
ENTERwill begin the action.
- As you can see “folderfile1” has now been copied to “Folder2”.
Delete operations using Midnight Commander
- Deleting is just as easy as copy operations. Once you navigate to the file you wish to remove you can either use the same menu as copy or hit the
F8key and accept the deletion confirmation by either clicking or hitting theENTERkey.
Move operations using Midnight Commander
- Move works in the exact same way as the copy command the only change in the steps is the key which is the
F6key. You will see the same dialog box as with copying. You may either click OK or hit theENTERkey. The file will be moved from the left directory to the right directory.
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