command line file managers (simple)

[Tom Fowle]

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.
> ><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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