sillysaurus3 on Show HN: XCV – cut, copy and paste files with bash

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Cool project!

What about a syntax like:

  Copy all files recursively:

    xcv .

  Cut all files recursively:

    xcv -x .

  List all files which will be pasted:

    xcv -l

  Paste all copied files elsewhere:

    xcv -v /elsewhere

It's just that most people will want to do those things by default, and remembering "xcv c -R ." is a bit more mental effort than "xcv ." But maybe that's just a personal preference.

bustercOP11y

Thanks. You'll notice I listed some aliases: fsx, fsc, fsv, fsl. I'm not yet sure what most others will want, myself included, as defaults so I avoided baking in naive opinions. Fortunately aliases should allow us all to tweak accordingly. I appreciate the feedback and look forward to hearing from others.

ilikepi 11y

The requirement for adding -R might be useful. Consider the case of accidentally executing `xvc .` from within $HOME.

Of course, cp/mv already provide plenty of ways to obliterate your foot so...

nthcolumn 11y

First thing I thought too: the options should have a dash.

(yes cool project too)

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