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mc......Midnight Commander
mc option(s) directory1 directory2
PURPOSE
The mc command launches the Midnight Commander, a directory browser and file manager for Linux that doesn’t require the X Window System. It allows you to move, copy, and delete files and directories, either with mouse actions and pulldown menus or commands entered on a command line as with vi.
There is an extensive set of commands associated with the Midnight Commander; see the online-manual pages for more details.
OPTIONS
| -b | Works in black and white. |
| -c | Works in color. |
| -C arg | Uses arg color set instead of the default. |
| -d | Turns off mouse support. |
| -f | Displays compiled-in search paths for Midnight Commander files. |
| -l file | Saves the ftpfs dialog with the server on file. |
| -P | Prints the last working directory after Midnight Commander exits. (See the manual pages for shell scripts that makes this option very useful.) |
| -s | Works in slow mode, where line drawings are suppressed and verbose mode is turned off. |
| -t | Uses TERMCAP for terminal information. |
| -u | Disables a concurrent shell. |
| -U | Enables a concurrent shell. |
| -v file | Launches the internal viewer to view file. |
| -x | Works under xterm. |
mkdir......Make Directory
mkdir option(s) directories
PURPOSE
The mkdir command is used to create directories. The default mode of new directories is 0777.
OPTIONS
| -m mode | Sets the mode of the new directories to mode. |
| -p | Creates new parent directories as needed. |
mkdirhier......Make Directory Hierarchy
mkdirhier directory
PURPOSE
The mkdirhier creates a directory hierarchy. This command is made redundant by the GNU version of mkdir (covered separately), which will create a directory hierarchy.
RELATED COMMAND
mkfifo......Make FIFO
mkfifo option(s) filename
PURPOSE
The mkfifo creates a FIFO, or a named pipe. The mode of the new FIFO is 0666.
OPTIONS
| -m mode | Sets the mode of new FIFOs to mode. |
mkfontdir......Make Font Directory
mkfontdir directory
PURPOSE
The mkfontdir creates an index of X font files, fonts.dir, in the specified directory. There’s no option to change this filename, and you wouldn’t want to—this is the name that the X font server and the X server look to for font information.
RELATED COMMANDS
mkmanifest......Restores UNIX Filenames
mkmanifest file(s)
PURPOSE
The mkmanifest command create a shell script to restore Linux filenames that have been truncated by the MS-DOS filename restrictions.
RELATED COMMANDS
mknod......Make Special Files
mknod option(s) filename filetype major_dev minor_dev
PURPOSE
The mknod command creates special files (FIFO, character special file, or block special file) with the given filename. The default mode of these files is 0666. The filetype can be one of the following:
| p | FIFO |
| b | Block (buffered) special file |
| c | Character (unbuffered) special file |
| u | Character (unbuffered) special file |
Major_dev and minor_dev refer to major and minor device numbers.
OPTION
| -m mode | Sets the mode of the new file to mode. This is a symbolic value. |
mv......Move Files
mv option(s) sources target
PURPOSE
The mv command moves files—or, more accurately, gives them a new name and a new location on the file hierarchy. If the target names a directory, mv moves the sources into files with the same names in that directory. Otherwise, if two files are given as sources and target, it moves the first file onto the second.
If the new file is unwritable, mv will ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite a file.
OPTIONS
| -b | Creates backups before removing files. |
| -f | Removes existing destination files without prompting you. |
| -i | Prompts you before overwriting destination files. |
| -S | Sets a new suffix for backups; the system default is ~. |
| -u | Declines moving a file to a new destination with the same or newer modification time. |
| -v | Verbose mode; prints the name of each file before moving it. |
RELATED COMMANDS
newgrp......New Group
newgrp GID
PURPOSE
The newgrp command changes your group permissions after you’ve already logged in the system. If you don’t specify a new GID, your login GID is used.
RELATED COMMANDS
pwd......Print Working Directory
pwd
PURPOSE
The pwd command prints the name of the current (working) directory.
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