On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Dos-Man 64<[email protected]> wrote: > The CD command requires an ungodly amount of typing and is a lot of > work. It slows you down and is prone to typos.
For zipping around the filesystem with cd, you'll want command line completion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_completion > In MS-DOS, I wrote a > utility using Visual Basic for DOS that lets you quickly fly around > the file system using the mouse and the enter key on the keyboard. All > it is a simple form with a directory listbox and a file listbox on it. > Couldn't be a simpler app in existance yet very useful and a time > saver. Something like it already exists in bash: 1) open a terminal 2) type cd and hit the tab key twice 3) find the folder you want and highlight it with your mouse 4) right-click > Copy 5) right-click > Paste 6) press enter As an alternative to steps 4 and 5 you can press Shift+Insert. Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
