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I am the opposite, haven't used a GUI file manager in...15 years? I am most certainly not "already in it". (Ok, with the exception of wanting to look at a bunc
by dagss 6y ago
I am the opposite, haven't used a GUI file manager in...15 years? I am most certainly not "already in it".
(Ok, with the exception of wanting to look at a bunch of images in thumbnail mode. Then I launch a GUI file manager.)
The shell is where I "am" and launching a GUI seems more cumbersome than typing the command.
In fact reading this post made me realize that using the terminal for file operations is not as common as I thought.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoYeah, between emacs and the shell I do 90% of my file manipulation in “CLI” environments. Even when I use Finder, I use it like a CLI: typing and shortcuts for everything and minimal clicking. The only exception is that I occasionally drop files, urls and documents from GUI applications into iTerm, rather than type out the whole thing.
- dTal 6y agoDolphin file manager has a terminal built-in; the GUI follows the current directory in the shell, and vice versa. Best of both worlds! Never type 'ls' again.