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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <ul><li>GNOME <a href="/facts/MIME/P8PDYuts">MIME</a> types</li> <li>Network support through <a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">FTP</a>, <a href="/facts/SSH_file_transfer_protocol/88YptbER">SFTP</a>, <a href="/facts/SAMBA/Huyc2pnX">SAMBA</a> and <a href="/facts/WebDAV/kwPgWnHD">WebDAV</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Context_menu/IdNFLzRK">Context menu</a> with bound the right click of mouse</li> <li>User defined context menu</li> <li>Quick device access buttons with automatic mounting and unmounting</li> <li>Latest accessed folder history</li> <li>Folder bookmarks</li> <li><a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">Plugin</a> support</li> <li><a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a> scripting</li> <li>Fast file viewer for text and images</li> <li>Meta data support for <a href="/facts/Exif/KHFgGnk6">Exif</a>, <a href="/facts/IPTC_Information_Interchange_Model/7k8JBP1u">IPTC</a>, <a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3</a>, <a href="/facts/Vorbis/rqJDTF0T">Vorbis</a>, <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a>, <a href="/facts/APE_tag/IArL2t8F">APE</a>, <a href="/facts/PDF/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, <a href="/facts/Object_Linking_and_Embedding/Eabu8Qnl">OLE2</a> and <a href="/facts/OpenDocument/pMtcVuNr">ODF</a> tags</li> <li>Tools for advanced renaming of files, searching, quick file name search in current directory, symlinking, comparing directories.</li> <li>User defined <a href="/facts/Keyboard_shortcuts/mjeb82kI">keyboard shortcuts</a></li> <li>Integrated <a href="/facts/Command_line/R9JpGmXQ">command line</a></li></ul> <h2 id="user-interface">User interface</h2> <p>The Gnome Commander is one of the file managers with two separate panels, based on the split-view interface of <a href="/facts/Norton_Commander/ebWz1qNT">Norton Commander</a>. This allows the simultaneous view of a source and destination directory for copying and moving files or directories. This also makes comparing directories very convenient. The number of windows on the desktop is thereby reduced. In Gnome Commander the two panels can be arranged either horizontally or vertically. </p><p>The Gnome Commander is seamlessly integrated into the <a href="/facts/GNOME/EFMNBmpR">Gnome</a> desktop environment and can therefore serve as an alternative to the default file manager <a href="/facts/GNOME_Files/XbrdDGbN">Nautilus</a> which offers a so-called spatial view, where the content of each directory is displayed in a new window. </p><p>Only the keyboard is required to work with Gnome Commander, which makes working processes much faster. Using the mouse is still an option. Keyboard shortcuts and the behavior of certain mouse buttons are freely configurable. </p><p>Since Gnome Commander supports GVfs, allowing access to network interfaces such as <a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">FTP</a>, <a href="/facts/Server_Message_Block/pWM35pl8">SMB</a>, <a href="/facts/WebDAV/kwPgWnHD">WebDAV</a> and <a href="/facts/Secure_Shell/wjVRw5zv">SSH</a>. There is a bookmark system for folders and a built-in file viewer for text and image documents. An integrated <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command line</a> enables commands directly as input to a terminal. </p><p>The integrated <a href="/facts/Archive_Manager/5jCTpur9">Archive Manager</a> plugin supports numerous data compression file formats such as ZIP files. Furthermore, a support for <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a> systems such as <a href="/facts/Exif/KHFgGnk6">Exif</a>, <a href="/facts/IPTC/Ur3uQ5er">IPTC</a> and <a href="/facts/ID3/aAdFX54b">ID3-Tags</a> for audio and video files, and other documents (e.g. <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">pdf</a>) is integrated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> This metadata can be used for example by means of an extended tool for renaming files. It is possible to define actions depending on certain file extensions and to start these actions via a pop-up menu by right-clicking on the file. </p> <h2 id="platforms">Platforms</h2> <p>GNOME Commander is developed for the <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> <a href="/facts/System_platform/DmKwp5Bk">platform</a>. Packages are available for several Linux distributions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_file_managers/phA0UKbH">Comparison of file managers</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://gcmd.github.io/">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-commander/">GNOME Commander sources at ftp.gnome.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/gnome-commander">Debian packages</a></li> <li><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/hu/gnome-commander">Ubuntu packages</a></li> <li><a href="http://rpms.mandrivaclub.com/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gnome-commander">Mandriva packages</a> <a href="https://archive.today/20060504195345/http://rpms.mandrivaclub.com/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gnome-commander">Archived</a> 2006-05-04 at <a href="/facts/Archive.today/B9vA7Vmt">archive.today</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060517224617/http://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/sbrabec/gnome-commander/">SuSe packages</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080801231528/http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/9/">Fedora packages</a></li> <li><a href="http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-commander/trunk/data/gnome-commander.ebuild?view=markup">Gentoo ebuild for GNOME Commander</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>]</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Metadata in Gnome Commander <a href="https://gcmd.github.io/doc.html#tags" target="_blank">https://gcmd.github.io/doc.html#tags</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"GNOME Commander - Download". <a href="https://gcmd.github.io/download.html#distro" target="_blank">https://gcmd.github.io/download.html#distro</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>