GNU Midnight Commander (mc)

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GNU Midnight Commander (mc) is a file manager for use within a terminal.

Installation

Install:

sudo apt install mc

PuTTY configuration

To have the correct view while using PuTTY some settings might be neccesary

Click right in the taskbar > Change Settings > Window > Translation >

  • Remote Character set: UTF-8
  • Pick: Use Unicode line drawing code points
  • Pick: Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode

To make these settings persistent they can be saved per session:

  • Go to > Change Settings > Session
  • Select the session and click 'Save'