rm -rf scratch/ qmv -f do *.pdf find -name "*.epub" -exec mv {} ~/books/ \; cp *.c ~/remote/hostname/src # with sshfs The list can go on. The GUI may be be

rm -rf scratch/ qmv -f do *.pdf find -name "*.epub" -exec mv {} ~/books/ \; cp *.c ~/remote/hostname/src # with sshfs The list can go on. The GUI may be better when you have to manually pick through a small number of files, but calling up a file manager to handle a single file or a bulk operation rarely makes sense (if you're already in a shell). EDIT: inserted line breaks