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What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by tatterdemalion@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don't like running shell commands?

OK sorry for throwing shade. If you use one of these, honestly, what features do you use that make it worthwhile?

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[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago

They're better than

cd something
ls
cd something-else
ls
cd ../..
ls
[-] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

But you don't need to cd before running ls. And in most cases you don't even need ls, autocompletion is enough.

[-] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't your shell showing autocomplete options on oressing tab? Like the subdirectories? That way you don't need multiple cd and ls calls

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Well... WinSCP or something like that is even better.

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