How can I stop seeing hidden files in the Midnight Commander?
Solution 1
Choose Options from the menu bar, then Panel options. You have it right there, 5th option on the left column: "Show hidden files".
Solution 2
or you can toggle it with Alt-. (Alt-period)
Solution 3
You might also try to toggle hidden files with Esc+. (escape + period), if Alt+. does NOT work.
This keyboard shortcut works on my Debian+xfce installation.
Note, that originally it is M-.
, where M stands for Meta key.
You can find more (fascinating!) information about it in the @Gilles answer here: What does m-tab mean?
If you still prefer to use Alt+. instead of Esc+. you have to enable something like Meta Sends Escape
in Your terminal.
In xterm
, for example, You can do it by holding the Ctrl while clicking and holding the left mouse button. That pops up a menu where You can select Meta Sends Escape
.
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Rafael Muynarsk
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Rafael Muynarsk over 1 year
The Midnight Commander is a very helpful tool when we're using only the text mode. But sometimes it bothers me that I have to see all the hidden files inside a folder (files that begin with ".").
I've tried to find how to do it changing some configurations by myself and then looking on the man page. But I didn't succeed.
Does anyone know how can I do it?
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Trismegistos about 2 yearsOn MacOs Monterey it is escaped followed by period. By that I mean press and release escape and then press period. If you hold escape and press period then it will have some strange effects if you do this two time in a row.