command line file managers (simple)

[Jude DaShiell]

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>
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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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