What is your preferred method of file management? ( GUI or command line)

[verb3k]

OPS double thread post

[verb3k]

The command line is way better and faster and brings your whole computer between your fingers. On the other hand, graphical shells save you the time it takes to learn the command line options and tools for file management.

So, what's your preferred way of file management?

[bufsabre666]

i do both regularly, it all depends on how lazy i am, if i want it dont fast ill do cli if im being lazy and dont wanna type its gui

[verb3k]

sorry for the duplicate post

[billgoldberg]

GUI

It's faster for moving multiple files.

Like yesterday I organized around a 1000 music files into separate folders.

It would have been a nightmare to do it in the terminal.

[bufsabre666]

as stated in the other one, ill use either, doesnt matter although if im lazy(most of the time)) its all about the gui

[gameryoshi600]

you should have added both but mostly gui.

[smartboyathome]

as stated in the other one, ill use either, doesnt matter although if im lazy(most of the time)) its all about the gui

Ditto. I sometimes use the ls command when I am trying to get something done in a virtual terminal, but I prefer graphical so I voted for that.

[cardinals_fan]

Vifm is great.

[K.Mandla]

Moved to Recurring Discussions.

[K.Mandla]

Moved to Recurring Discussions.

[karellen]

gui

[Sinkingships7]

GUI for organizing and moving.

CLI for modding file or directory permissions.

[Darkhack]

I use both, but it depends on the task. I tend to use the GUI more so I voted for that.

[geoken]

The command line is way better and faster and brings your whole computer between your fingers. On the other hand, graphical shells save you the time it takes to learn the command line options and tools for file management.


Seems like a pretty biased statement to start your argument with. The only reason you can imagine someone wanting a GUI file manager is because they don't want to learn the CLI commands?

What about trying to select a picture, is filename based browsing superior to thumbnails?

Is it faster to identify mimetypes by looking at text extensions in a long list or instantly recognizable icons.

Also what about speed. Some people are faster with a mouse than trying to type in filepaths they vaguely remember.

How about graphical overlays to give you info on a file (ie. all my completed projects in my projects folder have the checkmark overlay so it's easier for me to ignore them since 90% of the time they're irrelevant to me)

There are so many reasons beyond being too lazy to learn certain commands.

[verb3k]

Seems like a pretty biased statement to start your argument with. The only reason you can imagine someone wanting a GUI file manager is because they don't want to learn the CLI commands?

What about trying to select a picture, is filename based browsing superior to thumbnails?

Is it faster to identify mimetypes by looking at text extensions in a long list or instantly recognizable icons.

Also what about speed. Some people are faster with a mouse than trying to type in filepaths they vaguely remember.

How about graphical overlays to give you info on a file (ie. all my completed projects in my projects folder have the checkmark overlay so it's easier for me to ignore them since 90% of the time they're irrelevant to me)

There are so many reasons beyond being too lazy to learn certain commands.

ok, how about copying images that have the .gif extension only from a folder that has 1000+ image files in various formats to another and then rename what you copied in a certain way. Would you do that graphically? :lolflag:

[geoken]

ok, how about copying images that have the .gif extension only from a folder that has 1000+ image files in various formats to another and then rename what you copied in a certain way. Would you do that graphically? :lolflag:

What's your point, I never said the CLI isn't faster at some things. I merely said they both have their merits and it's ridiculous to claim people who use GUI's do so out of lazyness (ie. they don't want to learn CLI commands).

Anyway, heres the GUI way of doing the above

Sort by type;
click first gif
shift + click last gif
ctrl + c
ctrl + v
f2 -where a get a GUI to select my renaming patterns

I can get to the last step in about 2 seconds. How fast can you type (error free)?