Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don’t like running shell commands?

OK sorry for throwing shade. If you use one of these, honestly, what features do you use that make it worthwhile?

EDIT: Just to clarify, my point is I would almost always reach for fzf, fd, or rg before trying to manually search through a directory in a file manager.

EDIT2: A few people mentioned selecting files in a TUI. I don’t find it any harder to select files using autocomplete. It might even be faster to start typing a name than it is it “scroll” through a list of files.

EDIT3: Here’s a neat tool that can add some flexibility to your shell workflow: https://github.com/urbanogilson/lineselect

  • taladar@sh.itjust.works
    43·
    1 year ago

    Either you remember exactly where a file is located, have a reference, or you’re going to be doing a lot of “ls, cd, ls, cd”.

    You do know tools like find and locate are a thing? If anything it is the graphical tools that do not have a lot of flexibility here.

    • atetulo@lemm.ee
      27·
      1 year ago

      🥱

      There’s always someone like you, lol.

      Glad I’ve learned to just cut you out and move on.

      Have a nice day!