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> $ cp readme.txt documents/ sure, works fine in my ~, I have the follwing files: 'FOPC_0211237F_4563(1).pdf' FOPC_0211237F_4563.pdf FOPC_0251215K_4563.pdf

> $ cp readme.txt documents/ sure, works fine in my ~, I have the follwing files: 'FOPC_0211237F_4563(1).pdf' FOPC_0211237F_4563.pdf FOPC_0251215K_4563.pdf FOPC_0381912X_4143.pdf FOPC_0381912X_4154.pdf FOPC_0755890V_282.pdf FOPC_0755890V_283.pdf FOPC_0755890V_284.pdf FOPC_0755890V_285.pdf FOPC_0755890V_286.pdf FOPC_0921204J_4652.pdf FOPC_0952259P_58.pdf FOPC_9830445S_4142.pdf Even with the very good zsh autocompletion, I'd definitely be faster with a GUI in practice, if only because my file manager has thumbnails and preview and it's impossible to remember which file is which without glancing at it if you want to copy it anyways, this repo is big elitist bullshit which reads like it was written by edgy teenagers who just discovered bash

1_player 6y ago
Also cp will silently overwrite existing files (unless it's aliased to cp -i), while if you were using a GUI you'd get `(1)` appended to the filename, that while not very helpful, doesn't cause DATA LOSS when you don't know your way around the shell. Agreed, it's written by an edgy teenager and I'm not sure who's the audience.
reeeeee 6y ago
I agree, the STOP <GUI OPERATION> messages really trigger me. And the repo has 2.7k stars. But on the other hand, it's a very good resource to look up and discover some CLI commands that you didn't know already.
aulin 6y ago
either those file names mean something and you don't have to look at the thumbnail or you should use a better naming convention... I wholeheartedly agree about the edgy teenager who just discovered bash
- jcelerier 6y ago
  > either those file names mean something and you don't have to look at the thumbnail or you should use a better naming convention... I mean, they certainly mean something, but I just downloaded them and I have no idea what (and definitely not the time to rename them to put human readable information in their name)

1_player 6y ago

Also cp will silently overwrite existing files (unless it's aliased to cp -i), while if you were using a GUI you'd get `(1)` appended to the filename, that while not very helpful, doesn't cause DATA LOSS when you don't know your way around the shell. Agreed, it's written by an edgy teenager and I'm not sure who's the audience.

reeeeee 6y ago

I agree, the STOP <GUI OPERATION> messages really trigger me. And the repo has 2.7k stars. But on the other hand, it's a very good resource to look up and discover some CLI commands that you didn't know already.

aulin 6y ago

either those file names mean something and you don't have to look at the thumbnail or you should use a better naming convention... I wholeheartedly agree about the edgy teenager who just discovered bash

jcelerier 6y ago
> either those file names mean something and you don't have to look at the thumbnail or you should use a better naming convention... I mean, they certainly mean something, but I just downloaded them and I have no idea what (and definitely not the time to rename them to put human readable information in their name)