command line file managers (simple)

[Tom Fowle]

Jude,
Can't find hide hor haire of vsweep.so far will keep looking.
Tom

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:47:34PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> It is an offshoot of the dos program nswp, and I remember nswp well.
> 
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote:
> 
> >Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:33:07
> >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)
> >
> >Jude,
> >Havn't seen vsweep, but will look, maybe it's an offshoot of my fav dos
> >newsweep
> >Thanks
> >Tom
> >
> >On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:00:51PM -0400, 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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