command line file managers (simple)

Wed Jul 1 02:03:34 EDT 2015

As you have installed kies, there is another way to do copy, see the 
example menus in /usr/local/share/kies/menu_system/menus.
In particular, files.txt in that directory.
You can kind of do the delete thing using:
pickafile 'rm -rf'
I use that some times when cleaning out a large directory, but remember, 
if you press enter on the wrong file, it is gone!
Delete and copy should be implemented within pickafile, but as I had no 
interest from people before and personally simply do these things from the 
command line, it has not yet been done.
Kind regards, Willem

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote:

> Willem
> Thanks, pickafile installed as advertised.
>
> Am I correct that it is not possible to move through a directory choosing to
> either move-copy individual files or delete them? one at a time?
> I understand that only one file can be moved at a time.
> These two choices are, at least for me, the most common, actually three
> choices, do nothing, delete, or copy a file.
>
>
> thanks
> tom
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 08:23:35AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>> For what its worth, here is one I wrote called pickafile.
>> It is part of the package kies that I wrote.
>> Copy pickafile, getterm and catchkey into the execution path, e.g.
>> /usr/local/bin and copy pickafile.1 to a directory in your manpath,
>> e.g. /usr/local/man/man1
>>
>>  Two keys not yet documented is v for view based on mime tipe and m
>> for move or rename.
>> m is used a first time to identify what needs to be moved and a
>> second time once the place where it needs to be moved to, is
>> reached. Name can also be changed which is the rename of a file.
>> HTH, Willem
>> 
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> 
>> >Another file manager vsweep if available may be helpful.
>> >On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote:
>> >
>> >>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:15:33
>> >>From: Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf at fastmail.fm>
>> >>Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>> >>    <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>> >>To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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>> >>Subject: Re: command line file managers (simple)
>> >>
>> >>Hi Janina,
>> >>Good to knnow someone with your experience is also still looking.
>> >>
>> >>I often just use
>> >>rm -i *.*
>> >>for file-by-file keep or delete.
>> >>
>> >>Seems to me should be possible to build something in a shell script that
>> >>would do much of what we need.
>> >>I'll mess with that.
>> >>
>> >>thanks
>> >>Tom
>> >>
>> >>On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 06:40:56PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
>> >>>Hi, Tom:
>> >>>
>> >>>I regret I don't have a good anwer for you. In fact, I have the same
>> >>>need and have never satisfied it.
>> >>>
>> >>>I never used "New Sweep." My nostaliga is for the "select copy," "select
>> >>>delete," and "select move" commands built into the old 4DOS shell. Those
>> >>>were the days.
>> >>>
>> >>>Probably the best console level solution is via Emacspeak, which I don't
>> >>>use enough to make that my solution.
>> >>>
>> >>>I do sometimes use lynx on a directory. It doesn't do everything I used
>> >>>to do in 4DOS, but it does let me look at the directory listing, one at
>> >>>a time, and decide to keep or delete.
>> >>>
>> >>>Janina
>> >>>
>> >>>Tom Fowle writes:
>> >>>> O.K. folks, laughter is encouraged, but---
>> >>>> Is there a truly simple command line file manager? that works well with
>> >>>> speakup?
>> >>>> > Tried MC and suppose I could learn it but it still does
>> >>>too much.
>> >>>> Now for the laughs?
>> >>>> Does anybody remember the old dos program
>> >>>> "new sweep?"
>> >>>> Tried to install edbrowse and no luck on debian Wheezie
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>> tom
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