custom terminal file explorer | Tech With Tim | Page 1

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 5:03 AM

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i'm making a custom terminal/cmd.
cd is command that will change directory.
path is command that will display details about a path
explorer is a command that will open file explorer in a path. (or to view a path in the parent dir)

i want to make a command that will be a cmd version of a file explorer.
what should i name the command?
(i also thought to use like explorer -t true or with cd or path instead of another command.

reply with a name of a command.
or react with 1️⃣ for base off cd
or react with 2️⃣ for base off path
or react with 3️⃣ for base off explorer

visual pine Feb 4, 2023, 5:26 AM

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if you're going with cd for Change Directory, why not name all commands after ones that already exist?

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btw what are you writing it in?

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 5:52 AM

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right now it's written in python because i am most fluent in that.

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 5:52 AM

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visual pine if you're going with cd for Change Directory, why not name all commands after on...

i don't understand.

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i don't know of a terminal command like a file explorer.

visual pine Feb 4, 2023, 5:54 AM

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in linux terminal the closest thing I know is mc, Midnight Commander

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but I usually just use ls, cd, mkdir, touch, etc.

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 5:55 AM

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my vision is kinda like mc. but the name just doesn't make sense.

visual pine Feb 4, 2023, 5:57 AM

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cmd wasn't made to be like a gui anyway mhm

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 5:57 AM

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ik

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how does this look?

~/ THE_COMMAND -d beans
    $/beans
 /Tacos
 /Chips
  file           png
  other          txt
  "my_cool"  ..  json

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should i shorten the names or?

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 6:22 AM

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@visual pine how about look?

visual pine Feb 4, 2023, 6:32 AM

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I mean it depends what your end goal really is. If it were me I'd name the commands after ones that actually exist

gray hearth Feb 4, 2023, 12:29 PM

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What’s the goal with ur explorer? @tidal fiber

tidal fiber Feb 4, 2023, 3:57 PM

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like a gui file explorer, but in a terminal.
you can press up and down to select a folder.
press enter to cd into that.
when you press escape, it escapes the explorer back into the terminal with the directory being the one you are currently in..

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rn you open the explorer with cd -look y

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, should i not show files? just folders?

gray hearth Feb 4, 2023, 6:41 PM

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Maybe just "explore"

tidal fiber Feb 5, 2023, 4:55 AM

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that is reserved for the windows file explorer (i could use an argument though)

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