[kwlug-disc] ncurses file selection tool

[peter_melse at gto.net]

There is also a program called ranger, which should be in your package 
manager of choice. space bar to select multiple files.

There is an inline image preview option, but it requires some 
dependencies in terms of terminal emulator used, x11, and probably a 
graphics library.


On 2021-01-14 09:17, Chris Frey wrote:
> I'm looking for a tool that displays a list, or lists, of files using
> ncurses style graphics, which lets the user select files graphically
> and do things with them.
> 
> Think GUI file manager, where you can Ctrl-click the files you want,
> but closer to the command line.
> 
> Does any such tool exist?
> 
> For example, suppose you wanted to create a list of files from a set of
> obscurely named JPGs, but only pictures where your dog was included, 
> run
> them through a bunch of imagemagick transforms to reduce their size,
> then tar them up for emailing.  All without leaving the terminal.
> What tool would you use?
> 
> If anyone is familiar with mutt's email interface, something similar to
> its tagging and filtering and search features, but with files.
> 
> Thanks!
> - Chris
> 
> 
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