matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) (02/07/89)
Hello! I am a Unix novice, so perhaps the answer to this question is well-known, but... Is there such a thing as a directory management shell for a Unix system, something along the lines of the DOS shells? I have a directory (or two :-) full of text files which I need to sort out. Something that would help make this process less tedious would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. E-mail or posting welcome, summary if justified. -- Matthew Lewis, University of Amsterdam Grote Bickersstraat 72 31-20-52 51 220 1013 KS Amsterdam UUCP: mcvax!uvabick!matthew The Netherlands BITNET: a717matt@hasara11 CIS: [73717,3711]
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (02/09/89)
In article <458@uvabick.UUCP> matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) writes: >Is there such a thing as a directory management shell for a Unix system, >something along the lines of the DOS shells? I have a directory (or two :-) >full of text files which I need to sort out. Something that would help make >this process less tedious would be appreciated. Not being familiar with "DOS shells" I'm not sure what it is that you really want, but there should be no problem using the Bourne shell to shuffle through files etc. For example, I often do for i in * do opg $i # my paginator, similar to "more" if ask Remove $i\? then rm -f $i fi done "ask" is a little utility inspired by one John Quarterman came up with when we worked at the same company years ago, that asks the question, gets a Y or N response, and exits with appropriate status. It comes in really handy for uses such as this one. You could also use "pick" as described in Kernighan & Pike's "The UNIX Programming Environment" for selecting subsets of files, but "ask" is better for browsing. (It's provided as part of the Adventure Shell distribution.)
m1tag00@fed.frb.gov (Tim A. Grunwald) (02/09/89)
Gnu Emacs has a directory editor that is as good as any DOS directory management shell. Check it out. Tim Grunwald Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC, 20551 uucp: uunet!fed!m1tag00 internet: m1tag00@fed.frb.gov
wyle@solaris.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) (02/11/89)
In article <9623@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes: >In article <458@uvabick.UUCP> matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) writes: >>Is there such a thing as a directory management shell for a Unix system, >>something along the lines of the DOS shells? I have a directory (or two :-) >Not being familiar with "DOS shells" I'm not sure what it is that He meant (I assume) a *VISUAL* environement like Xdos or my menu-shell for suns (msh) which lets you navigate through directory trees and perform operations by pointing, selecting with a mouse (or function keys in dos shells). Unix is in the stone age as far as powerful directory browsing utilities go. -Mitch -- -Mitchell F. Wyle wyle@ethz.uucp Institut fuer Informationsysteme wyle@inf.ethz.ch ETH Zentrum / 8092 Zurich, Switzerland +41 1 256 5237