command line file managers (simple)

[Willem van der Walt]

I see the attachment did not go through to the list, so if any one wants 
to give pickafile a spin, email me and I'll send it.
wvdwalt at csir.co.za
Regards, Willem


On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 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. 
>> <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>> 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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