Midnight Commander Cheat Sheet

General navigation

Tab : Switch from one pane to the other

F9 : Access menus

F10 : exit

Working with filenames and the shell prompt

Esc-Tab : Autocompletion in shell

Ctrl-Enter or Alt-Enter : Copy selected filename to shell or dialog

Ctrl-Shift-Enter : Copy full path of selected file to shell/dialog

Ctrl-o : Flip to main shell and back to midnight commander

Panels and views

Alt-, : Switch from vertical to horizontal split

Alt-i : Synchronise panels to currently active view

Ctrl-X q : Open quick view mode in other panel

Finding files

Alt-? : search dialog

Alt-s : quick search