GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS |
Note that these commands are available almost always |
Key | Meaning |
Shift+F1 | program information and general keyboard commands |
F1 | brings context sensitive help |
F10 | logoff from site and quit NFTP |
Ctrl-K | logoff from site |
Ctrl-B | open bookmark list and log to site from it |
Ctrl-L | login as anonymous into new site |
Ctrl-N | login with userid/password into new site |
Ctrl-V | display version information |
Ctrl-A | toggle state of autocontrol flag |
Ctrl-T | toggle ASCII/BINARY mode |
Ctrl-D | redraw screen (do not re-read remote dir) |
Alt-N | send NO OPERATION command (verify connection aliveness) |
Ctrl-W | sets remote directory view to raw |
Ctrl-P | sets remote directory view to parsed |
Alt-F | use/inhibit NLST with flags (default is on). Some servers
do not like NLST -lLa. Try if you see strange messages from
server when retrieving directory listing. NOT RECOMMENDED. |
FILE LISTING VIEW (REMOTE OR LOCAL) |
Key | Meaning |
Navigating |
arrow keys | move cursor around. Horizontal scrolling is also possible |
Ctrl-Left/Ctrl-Right | horizontal scrolling by 10 symbols |
Ctrl-\ | change to root directory |
Ctrl-PgUp | goto the directory level higher ("cd ..") |
Ctrl-PgDn | chdir to directory under cursor |
Enter | same as above |
Alt-C | change to arbitrary directory |
Space | switch to control connection |
F2 | select drive letter -- local view only |
Sorting file listing |
Ctrl-F3 | sort directory by name, dirs first |
Ctrl-F4 | sort directory by extension, dirs first |
Ctrl-F5 | sort directory by time, then name, dirs first |
Ctrl-F6 | sort directory by size, then name, dirs first |
Ctrl-F7 | remove sorting, return to original state |
Ctrl-F8 | reverse current sort order |
Marking/unmarking |
Ctrl-num+ | mark all files in current directory |
Ctrl-num- | unmark all files in current directory |
Insert | mark/unmark file under cursor.
Directory cannot be marked |
* | invert selection |
Alt-num+ | mark all files in all visited directories |
Alt-num- | unmark all files in all visited directories |
Transferring files |
F5 | download file under cursor or marked files (if any) --
remote view only |
Shift+F5 | upload file under cursor or marked files (if any) --
local view only |
Alt-F5 | download all marked files from all directories --
remote view only |
Alt-S | save listing of current directory into file --
remote view only |
Viewing files |
F3 | view file under cursor, use fast internal viewer |
Alt-F3 | view file under cursor, use external viewer |
Creating/deleting/renaming files/directories |
F6 | rename file/directory |
F7 | make directory (you have to have permissions on remote) |
F8 | delete file or directory under cursor |
Ctrl-R | re-read directory (refresh file list) |
Miscellaneous |
F4 | save this place as a bookmark |
alphanumeric keys | quick search for files starting with these symbols |