On another Linux list, someone asked fpr a GUI to simplify
using scp ("too easy to make a mistake on the command
line"), and someone else suggested "fileroller".
I suggested figuring out how to use scp once (examples on
the web, man pages for more information), then putting an
example in a shell script. Want a different file? Copy
the shell script and modify it.
The power of Unix/Linux is that shell scripts can automate
what you do frequently. You can store your shell scripts
in your own ~/bin, or share them in /usr/local/bin. Put
comments in the scripts so you can figure them out the
next time, or find them with grep if you forgot what you
named them.
Some tasks, like looking at web pages, are better done
with a web browser, but for repeated web accesses, even
that can be automated with wget in a shell script.
GUIs are manual labor. If you want arm exercise, grow a
garden and get sunshine and vegetables for your efforts.
Keith
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Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
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