▲ 115 ▼ What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by tatterdemalion@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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?
[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) They're better than cd something ls cd something-else ls cd ../.. ls permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago But you don't need to cd before running ls. And in most cases you don't even need ls, autocompletion is enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] TCB13@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Well... WinSCP or something like that is even better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago But you don't need to cd before running ls. And in most cases you don't even need ls, autocompletion is enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TCB13@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Well... WinSCP or something like that is even better. permalink fedilink source parent