Working with Midnight Commander

Midnight Commander is a visual shell that lets you browse directories and manipulate files using menu commands and visual display panels. Midnight Commander supports mouse functionality and also provides a command line prompt if you want to perform file operations using typed commands. For information about using the command line, see "Understanding Linux commands," "Using bash," and "Performing file operations using the command line."

The section about Working with Midnight Commander is an overview of the shell interface, customization features, and menu commands available in Midnight Commander. Midnight Commander provides an online help file that contains more detailed information about the Midnight Commander shell and menu items. You can access the help file by pressing F1 during a Midnight Commander session.