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John
John

Reputation: 93

How to filter directories in Midnight Commander

Maybe a stupid question, but how can I filter directories in Midnight Commander?

For example I have a folder with a lot of directories in it with the following naming:

holidays (2016)
birthdays (2016)
holidays (2015)
...

How can I filter like *2015* on directory tier?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2731

Answers (2)

toraritte
toraritte

Reputation: 8283

The closest one can get to this feature at the moment is:

  1. Using quick search by pressing Alt+s and then typing your search pattern. The cursor will jump to the first match, but to toggle through all results that match the current pattern, use Ctrl+s.

  2. Disable Command prompt in Options -> Layout... (press F9 to get to the menu bar), and when you start typing quick search will be instantly activated (without having to press Alt+s).

  3. Try any of the workarounds in the open Ticket #2697 feature request: Filter as you type mode

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Preizner
Andrew Preizner

Reputation: 264

You can press ctrl+s and type *2015*; or if you want to search all directories by some given criteria, you can press alt+? (esc+? on Mac) and you will see search dialog: at 'Start at' put path to the folder where you would like to search something at file name you can put search criteria: *2015*

Upvotes: 2

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