ant-commander-doc

Documentation / Help about Ant Commander (Pro) file manager

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File actions

Project Dashboard icon Project Dashboard

Show different statistic about the current project location

Project Dashboard screenshot

Rename File icon Rename File

Rename selected file

Shortcut: Ctrl + F2 (macOS: ⌘ Command + F2)

Rename File screenshot

New File From Clipboard icon New File From Clipboard

Create a new file and put the content of the clipboard in the file

New File From Clipboard screenshot

Show File Size Graph icon Show File Size Graph

Show files and directories sizes in a chart

Show File Size Graph screenshot

New Directory icon New Directory

Create a new directory and navigate to this new directory. If some files are selected, it offers the option to move the files to this new directory.

Shortcut: F7

New Directory screenshot

Move Files with flatten directory structure icon Move Files with flatten directory structure

Move selected files and files in selected sub-directories to another directory. The directory structure is not copied.

Split files icon Split files

Split the content selected file in multiple files

Split files screenshot

Change Date/Time icon Change Date/Time

Change the last modified date/time of selected files and directories to the specified date/time

Change Date/Time screenshot

Copy and Rename Files icon Copy and Rename Files

Copy and rename selected files at the same time

Copy and Rename Files screenshot

Copy Names with Options icon Copy Names with Options

Copy the name of the selected files and directories based on the selected options

Copy Names with Options screenshot

Empty file content icon Empty file content

Empty the content of the selected files

Store directory files in text (.lst) icon Store directory files in text (.lst)

Create a .lst file containing the list of the files and (sub-)directories of the current location. This .lst file then can be opened using the lst file system.

New File icon New File

Create a new file

New File screenshot

Monitor For Changes icon Monitor For Changes

Monitor selected files and directories. Get notified when a file or directory is changed.

Monitor For Changes screenshot

Show File Stats/Checksums icon Show File Stats/Checksums

Show different information about the selected files and directories

Show File Stats/Checksums screenshot

Unpack in directory icon Unpack in directory

Uncompress the selected files to the directory the files are in

Execute icon Execute

Execute selected files

Create Checksums Files icon Create Checksums Files

Check if any of the selected files matches the checksum currently in the clipboard

Create Checksums Files screenshot

Copy Paths in Clipboard icon Copy Paths in Clipboard

Copy the full path of the selected files and directories to the clipboard

Replace in Files icon Replace in Files

Find and replace some text in selected (text) files. Note that it will use UTF-8 encoding.

Replace in Files screenshot

Create Multiple Directories icon Create Multiple Directories

Create multiple directories and sub-directories

Create Multiple Directories screenshot

Start Shell icon Start Shell

Open a terminal in the currently used directory

Copy to missing cluster locations icon Copy to missing cluster locations

For the cluster file system, if a file is missing in some directories, the last modified file will be duplicated to the missing directories.

Copy Files icon Copy Files

Copy selected files and directories

Shortcut: F5

Copy Content icon Copy Content

Copy the content of the selected file to the clipboard. If more than one file is selected the content of the files is appended.

Rename multiple files icon Rename multiple files

Rename selected files. Click on the help button of the rename form for more help.

For more details see Help rename multiple files

Shortcut: Ctrl + R (macOS: ⌘ Command + R)

Open in OS File Manager icon Open in OS File Manager

Open the operating system file manager at the currently used location

Change file time to creation time icon Change file time to creation time

Change the last modified time of selected files to the creating time of the file if available for the file system

Unify file times icon Unify file times

Put the same last modified time of selected files

Copy to multiple directories icon Copy to multiple directories

Copy selected files and directories to multiple directories

Copy to multiple directories screenshot

Duplicate file(s) icon Duplicate file(s)

Duplicates selected files

Duplicate file(s) screenshot

Move Files icon Move Files

Move selected files and directories

Shortcut: F6

Delete permanently icon Delete permanently

Permanently delete selected files and directories

Shortcut: Shift + DELETE (macOS: ⇧ Shift + DELETE)

Delete permanently screenshot

Rename extension icon Rename extension

Rename the extension of the selected files

Rename extension screenshot

Touch file(s) icon Touch file(s)

Change the last modified date/time of selected files and directories to now

Copy Files with flatten directory structure icon Copy Files with flatten directory structure

Copy selected files and files in selected sub-directories to another directory. The directory structure is not copied.

Delete icon Delete

Move selected files and directories to the recycle bin

Shortcut: DELETE

Delete screenshot

Verify checksum icon Verify checksum

Check if any of the selected files matches the checksum currently in the clipboard

Copy Last Modified Date/Time icon Copy Last Modified Date/Time

Similar to copy overwrite file, except it copies only the last modified timestamp

Unpack / Unzip icon Unpack / Unzip

Uncompress the selected files to a directory

Diff directories... icon Diff directories…

Show a window that help you find the difference between 2 directories

Diff directories... screenshot

Special rename multiple files icon Special rename multiple files

Rename selected files based on files criteria

New Files icon New Files

Create multiple new files

New Files screenshot

Show properties icon Show properties

Show file properties for Windows local files

Match Lst with Directory icon Match Lst with Directory

Match a .lst file system with an existing directory

Open icon Open

Execute selected files

New File(s) From Template icon New File(s) From Template

Create a new file based on a template. Templates are located in the ‘templates’ directory of the application or of the data directory

New File(s) From Template screenshot

Categorize files icon Categorize files

Move selected files to created sub-directories based on file last modified date or file name

Categorize files screenshot

Copy Names in Clipboard icon Copy Names in Clipboard

Copy the names of the selected files and directories to the clipboard

Compress / Zip icon Compress / Zip

Compress the selected files and directories to a zip file

Compress / Zip screenshot

Execute with... icon Execute with…

For Windows, open the selected files with another software than the default one

Execute with... screenshot

Combine files icon Combine files

Combine the content of the selected files in one file

Combine files screenshot

Git add icon Git add

Execute a Git add command for selected files

Git ignore icon Git ignore

Add the selected files to Git ignore

View in GitHub icon View in GitHub

For github file system, go to the GitHub website of the current location