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In article <cirby-2003961220360001@pm2-03.magicnet.net>, cirby@magicnet.net (Chad Irby) writes:
>danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> mzundo@mail-gw.esoc.esa.de (Michele Zundo) writes:
>
>> >however I'm not sure you'd really prefer typing something like 
>> >
>> >cp /pub/bin/Simulators/x25_Interfaces/lib_3/pix2_tmp.cpp .
>> >
>> >expecially if you do not remember properly the directory names 
>> >(or their capitalization for what matter)
>
>> Yet another guy who has never used a Unix shell with filename completion
>> (or who didn't know how to use this feature, because all Unix shells,
>> except /bin/sh have it).

[article slightly reordered]

>Unix could be really fast, if you memorized the location of every file and
>directory on your machine.  But once you get past that first thousand
>files, it's not so easy.

Huh?  Why do you not have to memorize the location of every file
and dir on your Mac?  Are we talking system files or your own
personal files and apps?  If you're talking about system files
then you're right to a certain extent.  For personal files, you'll
still be clicking looking for the files just like cd'ing with
a command line.  If you're going to use a GUI for file finding
then I can use a text mode find command.  I *do* have all my
directories memorized, but that's because I create them in a logical
way and go to them all the time.  That doesn't mean that I can't
use find and find my file just as fast as with a GUI find or
clicking around looking for it.

>"Let's see... I left that file in /pub/bin/sim... that's not it...
><up-arrow, delete delete delete>... Simulators/x25in..."
>
>[Much typing and deleting deleted]
>
>"Okay... so I'm in /pub/bin/Simulators/x25_Interfaces/lib_3/pix... Oh,
>*there* it is!"

What are you trying to say?  Do I have both a /pub/bin/sim *and*
a /pub/bin/Simulators?  I use tcsh with the autolist variable
set and with bindkey -v.  This means I type "cd /pub/bin<tab>"
and then it lists all subdirs from bin.  There is no guessing
dirs because it shows them to me.  I can type "cd /pub/bin/s<tab>"
and it will only list subdirs from bin starting with s.  Get the
idea?  If I have a long command line and need to change something
at the beginning I just hit 0 and go the beginning of the line
because bindkey -v gives me vi keybindings on the command line. 
If I need to insert something in the middle of that long dir
string I hit w and advance a word/dir at a time, or 3w and go
forward 3 words. 

>This is *not* anywhere close to "Apple Menu... hold... drag... there-
>there- there- there- there- got it."

You're right.  I'm productive with tcsh+set autolist+bindkey -v
I'm not with a GUI file mangler.

Ravi
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