ID computer

From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
Date: Wed May 23 13:03:58 2001

The "classic" way to do this is emacs "dired". I'll beat your WIMP interface
with my kbd every time.

-Mike

"Emacs isn't an editor; it's a religion." - rms at an SVLUG meeting, before
rendering St. Ignucious (get it? I-GNU-cious...) with a 14" disk platter
on his head for a "halo" effect.


On Wed, 23 May 2001, John Foust wrote:

> At 07:32 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >Like selecting multiple items, then dragging and dropping them. Well,
> >it's easier at least. Otherwise, I can do everything faster in a command
> >line.
>
> OK, let's race. I think it's easy to think of counter-examples,
> even though I'm a fan of command-line power in the right situation.
>
> Given a folder full of 100 documents with long, human-friendly
> filenames with no relevant pattern involving strings of characters
> or dates, delete a given random set of 50 of those files. I'll use
> any windowing system, you'll use 'del' or 'rm'. I think an extended
> select (via CTRL) and a drag to the trash would win on either Mac or
> Windows, don't you?
>
> While 'rm' might have an interactive "yes/no" option, which
> other command-line tools have it? Sure, you can write anything
> in a script...
>
> - John
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