On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 10:10:52 +0200, Arve Barsnes wrote:

> This is probably a case of Dolphin not being a good tool, unless it
> has a built-in command-line?
> $ mv newfile oldfile
> will overwrite the old file in place with the new file with the name
> of the old file.

And tab-completion makes this a lot quicker than renaming files in a file
manager.

> I know there are many file managers with a built-in terminal, so maybe
> others have similar possible solutions. I saw someone mention midnight
> commander which I believe is one.

Or you could use a drop-down terminal like Yakuake to give a terminal on
demand, whatever program you are using. Yakuake is for KDE, it wraps
Konsole, but there are GNOME-ish variants too, I wouldn't be without it.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

All things in moderation, ESPECIALLY moderation.

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