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konaexpress:
You old school Linux users will hate me for asking this but has anyone made or heard of a terminal app that uses basic word commands like copy, paste, move and back? I know that this would take longer to do things but it would be a great terminal for nebies. Just because the old ways is how it has always been done does not make it the correct way for everyone. 8)

............FLAME ON!............

Taco.22:
Many of the commands in terminal are in fact abbreviations of commonly used terms.  Examples are "ls" for "list", "cp" for "copy", "mv" for "move" and "cd" for "change directory".  With those basic commands you can navigate through the system, look at folder (directory) contents and move them around.  To save a lot of typing you also have autocomplete by hitting the "tab" key - just like a lot of word processors have.  Just think of it as the Readers Digest version of doing things - the shortened and abridged version! 

melodie:
In your terminal, have a look at "man alias", and on the web, at this page:
http://www.linfo.org/make_alias_permanent.html

konaexpress:

--- Citation de: Taco.22 le 25 mars 2013 à 07:40:43 ---Many of the commands in terminal are in fact abbreviations of commonly used terms.  Examples are "ls" for "list", "cp" for "copy", "mv" for "move" and "cd" for "change directory".  With those basic commands you can navigate through the system, look at folder (directory) contents and move them around.  To save a lot of typing you also have autocomplete by hitting the "tab" key - just like a lot of word processors have.  Just think of it as the Readers Digest version of doing things - the shortened and abridged version!

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O' I agree with you, it was the same way in DOS back in my day. I just remember thinking, "why can't  I just put in words" to do this.

(Sigh) I am just getting old I think......

melodie:

--- Citation de: konaexpress le 25 mars 2013 à 16:02:40 ---I just remember thinking, "why can't  I just put in words" to do this.
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Hi,

As I mentioned above, by adding aliases in your ~/.bashrc, you can. You can even choose your own words.
(why when I write something I sometimes feel it as if I didn't talk at all?  :? )

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