[SOLVED] managing directories of multiple linux OSs simultaneously from command line

textillis · 06-13-2013, 03:01 AM

Hi folks,
Can one globally manage contents of one's entire hard drive from command line?

It seems that I can access and manage things from file manager up to a point;
I was wondering if the Command line offered greater depth of control over wider range of file management commands.

Put concretely: can i, say, open and edit a file using vim while in mint OS on sda1, when the file in question is in a directory in my slackware OS on sda2?

Thanks for help

evo2 · 06-13-2013, 03:33 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by textillis

Hi folks,
Can one globally manage contents of one's entire hard drive from command line?

Yes.

Quote:

It seems that I can access and manage things from file manager up to a point;
I was wondering if the Command line offered greater depth of control over wider range of file management commands.

Sorry, I can't really comment on specifics since I don't use file managers, but I'd be amazed if there were any file managers that offered the full set of features available on the command line.

Quote:

Put concretely: can i, say, open and edit a file using vim while in mint OS on sda1, when the file in question is in a directory in my slackware OS on sda2?

Yes. What exactly is the problem? Have you mounted /dev/sda2 while running your mint install?
eg

Code:

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
vi /mnt/path/to/slackfile.txt

Cheers,

Evo2.

textillis · 06-13-2013, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

Yes.

Sorry, I can't really comment on specifics since I don't use file managers, but I'd be amazed if there were any file managers that offered the full set of features available on the command line.

Yes. What exactly is the problem? Have you mounted /dev/sda2 while running your mint install?
eg

Code:

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
vi /mnt/path/to/slackfile.txt

Cheers,

Evo2.

No problem: was simply seeking precisely the kind of commands you offer here but didn't know how to execute them, as I am a beginner at command line.

Thanks kindly.

chrism01 · 06-13-2013, 07:46 AM

You'll find this very helpful http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

textillis · 06-13-2013, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

You'll find this very helpful http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

This is sooooo timely!
Just the ticket, Chris: thanks heaps
(I'm wading in ankles deep already!)
: 0 )

chrism01 · 06-13-2013, 07:20 PM

Its a great tutorial.

You may want these for ref later
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...tml/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/ - particularly for the awk & sed tutorials.

Don't try to swallow the lot in one go or your head will explode!