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X/ZTree equivalent in Linux..?

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Ivor Jones

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Aug 25, 2009, 2:49:49 PM8/25/09
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Having recently started to explore Linux after many moons with DOS and
Windows, I wonder if there is an equivalent out there to the excellent
XTree (DOS) and ZTree (Windows) programs..?

I've grown used to these and it would be a great advantage in exploring
the structure of the Linux filesystem.

Ivor

Gordon Henderson

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Aug 25, 2009, 3:25:51 PM8/25/09
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In article <7fiq2eF...@mid.individual.net>,

From the command line?

Try mc

There are other GUI browsers, but I've no idea what they might be called.

Gordon

Mark Hobley

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Aug 25, 2009, 5:08:02 PM8/25/09
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Ivor Jones <iv...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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> Having recently started to explore Linux after many moons with DOS and
> Windows, I wonder if there is an equivalent out there to the excellent
> XTree (DOS) and ZTree (Windows) programs..?

I use ytree here. It is the closest thing to xtree that I could find,
and might suit your purpose. However for me, it is seriously limited
because it cannot currently place tagged files into a backup archive.

Mark.

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anahata

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Aug 26, 2009, 3:01:19 AM8/26/09
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By all means try ytree or mc (short for Midnight Commander, btw) but...

The reason why such utilities existed on DOS was because the command line
tools weren't powerful enough. The need for them is greatly reduced once
you've learnt the capabilities of tools like find, ls, du, grep, hd and
less and the shell script language (usually bash).

If I want a really visual presentation, I use the desktop file manager -
typically Nautilus as part of the Gnome desktop but there are many others.

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rich

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Aug 26, 2009, 5:11:16 AM8/26/09
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:49:49 +0100, Ivor Jones wrote:

I followed the same Xtree then Ztree path before moving to linux a couple
of years ago, so I had the same search for a decent file manager.
Settled on Krusader, a twin panel KDE app. A bit on the heavy side but
does for most things. Just had a quick search and there are builds for
fedora.

ZtreeWin (v1.74) runs under wine. Many of the functions don't work but
still useful for bulk renaming etc.

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Theo Markettos

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Aug 26, 2009, 8:47:01 AM8/26/09
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rich <ri...@nohome.com> wrote:
> ZtreeWin (v1.74) runs under wine. Many of the functions don't work but
> still useful for bulk renaming etc.

Thunar has a handy bulk rename feature (replace part of filename or match by
regex)...

Theo

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