[mc] How to select a range of files

[Guy Stalnaker]

1. Press +
2. A dialog will appear with a TextEntry Field, and three toggling options:
Files Only, Using Shell Patterns, and Case Sensitive; these are hopefully
obvious
3. With options selected, especially Using Shell Patterns, and the cursor
in the TextEntry field, you can select groups of files like you would at a
terminal prompt; e.g. typing "*.jpg" will cause mc to select all files in
the current directory with .jpg as their extension
4. With Using Shell Patterns deselected, this dialog uses RegEx expressions
for file selection; e.g., typing in the TextEntry field "(jpg|mtg)" will
cause mc to select all files with jpg and mtg *in their filenames*,
including those that end with .jpg and .mtg, using "(.jpg|.mtg)" will only
select files that end with .jpg and .mtg.

Hope this helps.

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