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nephish 08-04-2008 11:56 AM

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.

pwc101 08-04-2008 12:04 PM

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.

nephish 08-04-2008 12:24 PM

cool enough, thanks

Berticus 08-04-2008 12:26 PM

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.

Poetics 08-04-2008 02:23 PM

I would also advocate mc. While I rarely need to use a file manager interface, knowing one is there can be handy.

jomen 08-04-2008 04:01 PM

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.

paulsm4 08-04-2008 04:21 PM

I'm partial to:
Quote:

du | less
PS:
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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