Double Commander is a
free
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and
open-source
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multi-platform two-panel
orthodox file manager
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that is inspired by the
Microsoft Windows-only
Total Commander
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.
Features
* Directories (all or only selected) can be compared and
synchronized both symmetrically (two-way) and asymmetrically (one-way).
:This feature shows differences between two locations by directory and sub-directory, and can make a fully automatic backup of files that have been added, changed or deleted.
* Two similar panels with an optional
tree view
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panel, synchronized with the others. Navigation through folders in the tree view panel is reflected (in real time) in the active standard panel and vice versa.
:Panels can be duplicated from one side to the other. Panels can represent original directories compared to copied or backed-up ones. These can then be matched in more detail in the synchronize directory feature.
* Tabbed navigation
:Tabs are for directories. Sets of tabs can be saved to files that can be reloaded to produce the same two panels and their tabs that one set up and saved. Tabs can be configured to allow no changes to them, or to open sub-directories in new tabs, so that the original tab remains intact and available.
* Bookmarks
* Brief or full view of files
* Flat view, which is a list of files in subfolders of any level
* Images can be viewed also as thumbnails of user-defined sizes
* Several sort options
* Archive support (
zip
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* ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format
** zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP
* Zi ...
,
7z,
tar
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, bz2, tbz, gz, tgz, lzma, tlz)
* Files (and folders) in archives are handled as if they were in an ordinary disk partition. All decompression and compression processes work in the background.
* Customizable keyboard shortcuts
* Multi-rename tool, that supports
regular expression
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s and flat view, which allows to rename files in subfolders
* Various search options include regular expressions and search for duplicates.
* Checksum generation and verification
* Visual file comparison/diff. While comparing, both files can be edited and saved, also in a binary mode.
* Built in file viewer to view files in a text, binary, hex or decimal format.
* Built in text editor with syntax highlighting.
*
HTML
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files are displayed in a simple offline browser, provided by an attached plugin.
* A mechanism for creating, maintaining and displaying file comments (
4DOS
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descript.ion
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* Files can be
wiped
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securely
* All operations can be queued in the background
* Unicode support
* Supports Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX Windows plug-ins
* Officially released
portable versions for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD
See also
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Comparison of file managers
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General information
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Comparison of FTP client software
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References
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Free file managers
Orthodox file managers
File comparison tools
Free software programmed in Pascal
Cross-platform software
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Pascal (programming language) software
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