It is an offshoot of the dos program nswp, and I remember nswp well.
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote:
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:33:07
From: Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: command line file managers (simple)
Jude,
Havn't seen vsweep, but will look, maybe it's an offshoot of my fav dos
newsweep
Thanks
Tom
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:00:51PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Another file manager vsweep if available may be helpful.
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote:
>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:15:33
>From: Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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>Subject: Re: command line file managers (simple)
>
>Hi Janina,
>Good to knnow someone with your experience is also still looking.
>
>I often just use
>rm -i *.*
>for file-by-file keep or delete.
>
>Seems to me should be possible to build something in a shell script that
>would do much of what we need.
>I'll mess with that.
>
>thanks
>Tom
>
>On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 06:40:56PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
>>Hi, Tom:
>>
>>I regret I don't have a good anwer for you. In fact, I have the same
>>need and have never satisfied it.
>>
>>I never used "New Sweep." My nostaliga is for the "select copy," "select
>>delete," and "select move" commands built into the old 4DOS shell. Those
>>were the days.
>>
>>Probably the best console level solution is via Emacspeak, which I don't
>>use enough to make that my solution.
>>
>>I do sometimes use lynx on a directory. It doesn't do everything I used
>>to do in 4DOS, but it does let me look at the directory listing, one at
>>a time, and decide to keep or delete.
>>
>>Janina
>>
>>Tom Fowle writes:
>>> O.K. folks, laughter is encouraged, but---
>>> Is there a truly simple command line file manager? that works well with
>>> speakup?
>>> > Tried MC and suppose I could learn it but it still does too
>>much.
>>> Now for the laughs?
>>> Does anybody remember the old dos program
>>> "new sweep?"
>>> Tried to install edbrowse and no luck on debian Wheezie
>>> Thanks
>>> tom
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