Midnight Commander: what does a '*' in front of file names mean?
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2And do you have a question to go along with that statement? – May 29 '19 at 17:25
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2That sounds as if you somehow managed to make all files executable. – mook765 May 29 '19 at 17:56
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@mook765 I suggest you create an answer from your comment - that way we all get a useful post - thank you. – guntbert Jun 03 '19 at 20:49
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1Cross-site duplicate: https://superuser.com/questions/432335/what-does-next-to-a-file-in-midnight-commander-mean – mook765 Jun 03 '19 at 21:11
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From mc(1) manual:
type
displays a one character wide type field. This character is similar to what is displayed by ls with the -F flag - * for executable files, / for directories, @ for links, = for sockets, - for character devices, + for block devices, | for pipes, ~ for symbolic links to directories and ! for stale symlinks (links that point nowhere).
As stated in the manual, * signifies files with executable bit set
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Does also refer to a 'tagged' file, from
man mc: > mark an asterisk if the file is tagged, a space if it's not. – user598527 Feb 04 '24 at 07:00