Les Mikesell wrote: > Todd Zullinger wrote: >> >> In all seriousness, I am convinced that I spend less time using ls, >> mv, etc for file management than I would if I used a GUI file manager. >> Tab completion and other shell goodies help a lot with that. >> >> It's a rare occasion that I open something like Nautilus. The trade >> off, of course, was the time I spent learning the commands. Different >> strokes for different folks, as they say. :) >> >> I do know what you're saying about making the computer do the work. I >> try real hard to recognize if I'm doing something boring and >> repetitive and remind myself that is what computers were meant to >> solve, not create. Usuaully, I'm laughing at friends and family for >> letting their computers abuse them like that. > > Whenever you do something repetitive with command line tools, you can > avoid it by putting the commands in a file and executing it as a script. > It is easy to make the script take parts that change in the commands as > options or prompt for them, then substitute into the correct places in > the executed commands. With GUI tools it is a lot harder to avoid > repeated mouse or cursor motion operations that take your full attention. > I am not sure mc should be classed as a GUI. It is more of a mouse-aware CLI tool. You can use all of the functions without using a mouse. If you want to take the time, you can also create your own actions for a file type. (One action when you hit enter, another when you select view or edit.) The default actions are fairly nice. You can also have your own menu of scripts/commands that is brought up with the F2 key. You can have both a default (home) menu, and a directory specific (local) menu. You also have the option of typing in commands, complete with command completion (Esc-Tab) as well as being able to insert the highlighted file, current directory, or other tab directory into the command line. There are many more options - more then most people probably need. Things like being able to open one tab on a remote file system, virtual file systems that let you brows an .iso image, a .tar archive, or even access the file system on a Windows CE device. (But you can not run CLI commands on a remote file system.) Basic functions do not have much of a learning curve, but to mace full uses of the program is another story... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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