File Commander/2
The facts below are what the maker publishes about File Commander/2, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From File Commander/2's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| File Commander/2 | Priced on request | OS/2 shareware; no current price stated on maker’s pages |
The facts
Each one read from File Commander/2's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Archives
- Built-in archive support includes nested archives and ZIP, ARJ, RAR, LZH, ACE, HA, TAR, GZip, 7ZIP, and BZIP2 formats.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Archive support
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Authorship
- The official mirror identifies Brian Havard as the author and Klaus Storch as the mirror maintainer in Denmark.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Version 2.50 adds a built-in scripting language for automating some File Commander functions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The product offers configuration options, boolean-expression filename colorization, flexible filename filtering, and user-definable menus.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Development build limitation
- The maker warns that unstable branch snapshots may contain bugs, broken functions, and partially implemented features, and says to use them at the user's own risk.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dual-pane view
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Editing and viewing
- The built-in viewer supports hex view and syntax highlighting; the editor supports undo and redo, syntax highlighting, and global clipboard cut, copy, and paste.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File size support
- The maker says it supports files and volumes up to 2^63 bytes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File support
- The maker’s page states full Unicode filename support and support for files and volumes up to 2^63 bytes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface
- Its main display has dual directory panels that can show source and destination locations, directory trees, drive statistics, or command output.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network access
- The feature list includes browsing network servers and shares.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network browsing
- The feature list says File Commander can browse network servers and shares.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The maker’s development page lists OS/2, Windows, and Linux builds, including Debian and RPM packages; it labels the Linux AppImage experimental.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package integrity
- The development page provides public keys for verifying package integrity in Debian-based and RPM-based systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Pricing and registration
- The maker’s page links to BMT Micro registration options for OS/2 and Win32 but does not state a price.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- File Commander is a 32-bit text-mode file manager and shell for locating, copying, moving, deleting, viewing, editing, and executing files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The maker warns that the development branch may contain bugs, broken functions, and partially implemented features, and says to use it at the user’s own risk.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remote access
- The maker describes a remote control feature intended to run over SSH and says the local machine needs an SSH client.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remote control
- Version 2.50’s remote-control feature is intended to run over SSH and requires an fc-remote executable on the remote machine and an SSH client locally.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- File Find combines wildcard filename filters with file contents scanning and can search and replace text in matching files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists a bug report database and gives Brian Havard’s email address for contact.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The development page lists OS/2 and Windows builds, plus Linux AppImage and distribution packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,OS/2checked 24 Sep 2026
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