recommend a CLI file browser
Hey all,
i am running a server at work and don't want to run X on it if i do not have to. I was looking for some good advice in picking a command line file browser. The easier to learn, the better. Whatever it is, i will take the time to learn it up front ( like vim ) thanks for any suggestions. |
Midnight Commander is arguably the most famous. It's also installed on most distros that I'm aware of. Type mc into a terminal, and you're away.
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cool enough, thanks
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I've heard of Midnight Commander, I haven't tried it out yet. So far all I use is ls, cd, rm, mkdir, mv. A short discussion about mc has got me thinking about trying it out.
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I would also advocate mc. While I rarely need to use a file manager interface, knowing one is there can be handy.
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mc
I use it all the time - I use Gnome and sometimes Xfce as a Desktop but I just cannot get used to the graphical interfaces like Nautilus... mc is much faster for me - probably because I'm used to it. And sadly: it is not installed by default in Ubuntu for example. No obstacle for me - but most Ubuntu users will not even know it exists. |
I'm partial to:
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Emacs has had a OS-neutral file browser since forever - "dired". Newer versions of "vim", I understand, have a similar feature: http://users.adelphia.net/~bsturk/vim.html |
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