Re: [PCI] CLI in OS9?

[darm0k]

At 12:32 PM -0400 09/16/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 >Is there a specific operation or task you were/are trying to perform
that made you reach for a CLI?  We can probably recommend the right
tools to be used...
No not really I just wanted to look under the hood. Thats how I've gained
most my experience with windows and more recently with Linux. I know it
shouldnt but my mind reels a bit that there isnt a CLI in OS9. They're just
so usefull.
It's a different way of thinking.  For the most part, there are tools 
to do what you need to do.  And when yer dyin for that big'old cmd 
proc, use KeyQuencer or QuicKeys or AppleScript.

I use winXP as my main OS and I still need to use DOS occasionally!
That's 'cause Windows is just an overgrown app that runs over the DOS 
primatives. :)

For instance I wanted to creat a list of all my albums on an 
external HD, there are over 900 and i didnt fancy typing it out :-). 
Instead of downloading
some crap I discovered some simple DOS commands that did it for me.

How would you do something like that in OS9?
To do a few folders: Open the top folder in the Finder (use list view 
if it's a whole folder tree).  Select all (cmd-A), copy the names 
(cmd-C), switch to your text editing app, and paste (cmd-V).

To "index" a whole HD, with a large tree of folders, a tool like 
FileBuddy would also be usable.

Since you said albums... These are folders of mp3 files?  Apps like 
iTunes and SoundApp will create savable/printable/etc playlists if 
you just drag a folder onto them.

- Dan.
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