23 May
2001
23 May
'01
4:32 a.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2001, John Foust wrote:
At 07:32 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Uh, yeah, John. Why don't you read my quote above again and make the call
yourself?
;)
BUT, consider that with a mouse, or even by using the arrow keys (wouldn't
that be cheating though?) you still have to seek the filaname visually.
With a properly powerful command line, you don't (see below).
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...
With automatic filename expansion with the TAB key like in the BASH shell
in Linux, the process is much quicker.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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