Willem, thanks I'll check all these out. tom On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 08:03:34AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > As you have installed kies, there is another way to do copy, see the > example menus in /usr/local/share/kies/menu_system/menus. > In particular, files.txt in that directory. > You can kind of do the delete thing using: > pickafile 'rm -rf' > I use that some times when cleaning out a large directory, but > remember, if you press enter on the wrong file, it is gone! > Delete and copy should be implemented within pickafile, but as I had > no interest from people before and personally simply do these things > from the command line, it has not yet been done. > Kind regards, Willem > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Tom Fowle wrote: > > >Willem > >Thanks, pickafile installed as advertised. > > > >Am I correct that it is not possible to move through a directory choosing to > >either move-copy individual files or delete them? one at a time? > >I understand that only one file can be moved at a time. > >These two choices are, at least for me, the most common, actually three > >choices, do nothing, delete, or copy a file. > > > > > >thanks > >tom > > > >On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 08:23:35AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > >>For what its worth, here is one I wrote called pickafile. > >>It is part of the package kies that I wrote. > >>Copy pickafile, getterm and catchkey into the execution path, e.g. > >>/usr/local/bin and copy pickafile.1 to a directory in your manpath, > >>e.g. /usr/local/man/man1 > >> > >> Two keys not yet documented is v for view based on mime tipe and m > >>for move or rename. > >>m is used a first time to identify what needs to be moved and a > >>second time once the place where it needs to be moved to, is > >>reached. Name can also be changed which is the rename of a file. > >>HTH, Willem > >> > >>On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, 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. > >>>> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >>><speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>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 > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Speakup mailing list > >>>>>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>>>> > >>>>>-- >>> > >>>>>Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > >>>>> sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> > >>>>>Linux Foundation Fellow > >>>>>Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > >>>>> > >>>>>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > >>>>>Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>Speakup mailing list > >>>>>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Speakup mailing list > >>>>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>> > >>>-- > > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Speakup mailing list > >>>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>> > >>>-- >This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and > >>>conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document > >>>Format (ODF) standard. 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