[Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

GNU Interactive Tools

 
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* gnuit: (gnuit).         GNU Interactive Tools
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

GNUIT is a package containing a file system browser, a process viewer/killer and an ASCII/HEX file viewer. This is edition 2.9.4, for GNU Interactive Tools version 4.9.4.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

1. Introduction

GNUIT is a set of interactive tools. It contains an extensible file system browser, an ascii/hex file viewer, a process viewer/killer and some other related utilities and shell scripts. It can be used to increase the speed and efficiency of most of the daily tasks such as copying and moving files and directories, invoking editors, compressing and uncompressing files, creating and expanding archives, compiling programs, sending mail, etc. It looks nice, has colors (if the standard ANSI color sequences are supported) and is user-friendly.

GNUIT runs on a wide variety of UNIX systems because it uses the GNU Autoconf package to get system specific information. Please refer to the PLATFORMS file included in the standard distribution for a detailed list of systems on which GNUIT has been tested.

One of the main advantages of GNUIT is its flexibility. It is not limited to a given set of commands. The configuration file can be easily enhanced, allowing the user to add new commands or file operations, depending on its needs or preferences.

GNUIT also provides a shell like command prompt, just to make sure that the entire power of the UNIX shell commands is still there.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

2. Distributing GNU Interactive Tools

GNUIT is "free software"; this means that everyone is free to use it and free to redistribute it on certain conditions. GNUIT is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing any version of GNUIT that they might get from you. The precise conditions are found in the GNU General Public License that comes with GNUIT and also appears following this section.

The easiest way to get a copy of GNUIT is from someone else who has it. You need not ask for our permission to do so, or tell any one else; just copy it. If you have access to the Internet, you can get the latest distribution version of GNUIT from host ‘ftp.gnu.org’ using anonymous login. See the file `/pub/gnu/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE' on that host to find out about your options for copying and which files to use.

You may also receive GNU Interactive Tools when you buy a computer. Computer manufacturers are free to distribute copies on the same terms that apply to everyone else. These terms require them to give you the full sources, including whatever changes they may have made, and to permit you to redistribute the GNU Interactive Tools received from them under the usual terms of the General Public License. In other words, the program must be free for you when you get it, not just free for the manufacturer.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3. Using GNU Interactive Tools

The GNUIT package contains three interactive programs and a few additional utilities. Here there is a description of each of them.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1 The GIT file system browser

gitfm is a file system browser with some shell like features designed to make your work much easier and much efficient. It displays one or two panels, each one containing a file system directory. You can browse the directory tree with the usual cursor keys, pressing ENTER when you want to enter or leave a directory and TAB when you want to change the panels.

Under the two panels there is a shell like input line which you can use to type normal shell commands. The input line can handle an unlimited number of characters and keeps a history of typed commands (using the GNU history library).

Under the input line there is a status bar. You can see there the status of the currently executed command, the warnings and errors and you will be prompted if a decision has to be taken.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.1 Key binding conventions

gitfm now follows a new, easy to remember, scheme to bind commands on keys. This is only a convention, if you define new key bindings you may, or may not follow it.

All the file commands start with ^C. This prefix can be followed by some modifiers, in order to affect the default behavior of the given command. These modifiers are b and r.

b - this modifier specifies that the command will run in background:

 
	^CM = CHMOD; chmod %s{New mode of %i: ,%m} %i;;;;y

defines a command that changes the current selected files mode in foreground, while

 
	^CbM = B-CHMOD; chmod %s{New mode of %i: ,%m} %i&;;;;y

defines a background command that does the same thing.

r - this modifier specifies that the command will be run recursively:

 
	^CrM = R-CHMOD; chmod -R %s{New mode of %i: ,} %i;;;;y

defines a command that recursively changes the mode of the selected entries.

The b and r modifiers can be combined, the resulting command running recursively and in background:

 
	^CbrM = B-R-CHMOD; chmod -R %s{New mode of %i: ,} %i&;;;;y

You should also note that for some commands (like gzip) there is no need for a non-recursive version. Running gzip recursively on files is harmless. If there is a directory between these files, gzip will recursively compress that directory, so you can use the same key binding for recursively and non-recursively compressing. In fact, it is a matter of selecting files or directories.

Unfortunately, we can't run chmod recursively trying to change the mode of all the files in a directory to 0644 because that directory might contain subdirectories and removing the execution permission from them is a bad idea. So, in this case, we need separate commands.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.2 Command line

This is a brief description of the command line arguments.

-h print this help message

-v print the version number

-c use ANSI colors

-b don't use ANSI colors

-l don't use the last screen character

-p output final path at exit

The -p option can be used to make gitfm force bash (assuming that you're using it as your shell) chdir to the last directory gitfm was in before quitting. In order to do this, you need to invoke gitfm using this function (put it into your .profile):

 
function g
{
    gitfm -p $ 3> /tmp/gitfm.p.$$

    if test -s /tmp/gitfm.p.$$; then
	if test -d "`cat /tmp/gitfm.p.$$`"; then
	    cd "`cat /tmp/gitfm.p.$$`"
	else
	    cd
	fi
    fi

    rm -f /tmp/gitfm.p.$$
}

This will not work if you suspend gitfm. Nothing bad will happen, just the chdir will not be performed.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.3 Panel modes

gitfm has three major modes of displaying the panels. In the first (default) mode, two panels are displayed, each one using half of the screen. In the second mode, only one panel uses the entire screen. In the third mode, only the status bar and the input line are displayed, both panels being hidden.

Briefly, a panel can use the entire screen or just half of it. Even when a panel is hidden, it still exists.

Users can switch between these three major modes as needed:

^X 0

 
Enlarges the other panel to use the entire screen.  It also changes the
minor mode to ‘Enable all’.  The current panel will become
invisible (‘enlarge-other-panel’).

^X 1

 
Enlarges the current panel to use the entire screen.  It also changes
the minor mode to ‘Enable all’.  The other panel will become
invisible (‘enlarge-panel’).

^X 2

 
Switches back to the two panel mode (‘two-panel-mode’).

^O, ESC o

 
Switches to the tty mode (no panels on the screen) (‘tty-mode’).

A panel displays the files and subdirectories in a directory. You can optionally specify some additional information about each entry (file, directory, …) to be displayed (a minor mode).

When using the full screen mode, all the minor modes here can be used. In half screen mode, the ‘panel-enable-all’ mode is not available.

These are the panel minor modes:

ESC e o

 
Display the entry owner and group (‘panel-enable-owner-group’).

ESC e d

 
Display the entry date and time (‘panel-enable-date-time’).

ESC e s

 
Display the entry size (‘panel-enable-size’).

ESC e S

 
Display the entry size, scaled (e.g. ‘123M’) (‘panel-enable-abbrevsize’).

ESC e m

 
Display the entry mode (‘panel-enable-mode’).

ESC e f

 
Display the entry full name (‘panel-enable-full-name’).

ESC e a

 
Display the entire information about file (‘panel-enable-all’).
This mode is only available if the panel has been enlarged to use the
entire screen with ‘enlarge-panel’ or ‘enlarge-other-panel’
(‘panel-enable-all’).

There is another way of changing the panel minor modes:

^], ^[]

 
Switches to the next panel minor mode (‘panel-enable-next-mode’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.4 Sorting methods

Entries in a panel can be sorted in different ways. These are the available options:

ESC s n

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their names
(‘panel-sort-by-name’).

ESC s e

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their extensions
(‘panel-sort-by-extension’).

ESC s s

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their sizes
(‘panel-sort-by-size’).

ESC s d

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their ‘last modified’ stamps
(‘panel-sort-by-date’).

ESC s m

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their modes
(‘panel-sort-by-mode’).

ESC s o i

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their owner ids
(‘panel-sort-by-owner-id’).

ESC s g i

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their group ids
(‘panel-sort-by-group-id’).

ESC s o n

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their owner names
(‘panel-sort-by-owner-name’).

ESC s g n

 
Display the panel entries sorted by their group names
(‘panel-sort-by-group-name’).

There is also another way to change the sort method:

ESC s u

 
Switch to the next panel sort method (‘panel-sort-next-method’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.5 Moving the cursor in the panel

Moving the cursor in the panel is very easy. If your keyboard has arrows, use them. If the arrow keys don't work (it might be due to a badly configured TERM environment variable), you can use the Emacs commands bindings as well.

UP, ^P

 
Move the cursor vertically up one entry (‘previous-line’).

DOWN, ^N

 
Move the cursor vertically down one entry (‘next-line’).

HOME, ESC <

 
Move the cursor on the first entry in the panel
(‘beginning-of-panel’).

END, ESC >

 
Move the cursor on the last entry in the panel (‘end-of-panel’).

PGUP, ESC v

 
Move the cursor vertically down one page (‘scroll-down’).

PGDOWN, ^V

 
Move the cursor vertically down one page (‘scroll-up’).

ESC g

 
Scroll the panel entries to the left (‘horizontal-scroll-left’).

ESC j

 
Scroll the panel entries to the right (‘horizontal-scroll-right’).

^X P

 
In order to optimize the screen output, you can modify the scroll step
(‘set-scroll-step’).  This is the number of lines to try scrolling
a panel when the cursor moves out.  The ‘StartupScrollStep’
specifies the initial scroll step, but using ‘set-scroll-step’ you
can dynamically change it.

TAB, ^I, ^X o

 
Move the cursor in the other panel (‘other-panel’).

^X P

 
Switch the two panels.  This command works even when gitfm is not
in the ‘two panels’ mode (‘switch-panels’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.6 Selecting files

INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\

 
Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).

^C s

 
Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns.  Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \.  The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).

^C u

 
Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns.  Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \.  The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).

ESC +

 
Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file.  If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).

ESC -

 
Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file.  If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).

See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting files.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.7 Incremental searching files in a panel

Users sometime need to search a file in a panel, especially when the panel contains a big number of entries. For that reason gitfm provides an incremental search feature. Using forward and backward incremental search, files can be very easy located. Wrapped incremental search is also provided.

^S, ^Xs

 
Incremental search forward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-forward’).  Pressing ^S or ^Xs again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string.  When the end of the panel is reached, the isearch is
restarted from its beginning.

^R, ^Xr

 
Incremental search backward a file name in the current panel
(‘isearch-backward’).  Pressing ^R or ^Xr again will
force gitfm to go to the next entry that matches the current
isearched string.  When the beginning of the panel is reached, the
isearch is restarted from its end.

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8 Using the input line

The input line is one of the main methods used by gitfm to interact with the user. All the answers the user should give in order to perform some operation and all the shell like commands are built using it. So here is a description of all the basic editing operations that the ‘input line’ provides. They are very much inspired from Emacs, so Emacs users should have no problem using them.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.1 Inserting Text

Typing characters is the most usual way of inserting text into the input line. Key sequences starting with printable ascii characters are not allowed in gitfm so typing a for example results in inserting a at the current point position. Of course, there are some other ways of inserting text into the command line and here there is a description of most of them.

ESC RET

 
Copy the current entry name into the input line at the current point
position (‘entry-to-input-line’).

ESC ESC RET

 
Copy the other panel path into the input line at the current point
position (‘other-path-to-input-line’).

^X ^I

 
Copy the names of all the selected entries into the input line at the
current point position (‘selected-entries-to-input-line’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.2 Moving Point

^B, LEFT

 
Move the point backward one character (‘backward-char’).

^F, RIGHT

 
Move the point forward one character (‘forward-char’).

ESC b

 
Move the point one word backward (‘backward-word’).

ESC f

 
Move the point one word forward (‘forward-word’).

^A

 
Move the cursor at the beginning of the input line (‘beginning-of-line’).

^E

 
Move the cursor at the end of the input line (‘end-of-line’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.3 Deleting and killing text

DEL, ^D

 
Delete the character under the cursor (‘delete-char’).

^H, BKSPC

 
Delete the character before the cursor (‘backward-delete-char’).

ESC BKSPC

 
Delete backward one word (‘backward-kill-word’).

ESC d

 
Delete forward one word (‘kill-word’).

ESC k

 
Delete the entire line (‘kill-line’).

^U

 
Delete all the characters between the beginning of the input line and
the point (‘kill-to-beginning-of-line’).

^K

 
Delete all the characters between the point and the end of the input
line (‘kill-to-end-of-line’).

ESC SPC

 
Delete all the spaces around the point, leaving only one space
(‘just-one-space’).

ESC \

 
Delete all the spaces around the point
(‘delete-horizontal-space’).

^W

 
Save the region between the point and the mark into the kill "ring" and
then kills it (‘kill-region’).  Note that there is no real
kill-ring here.  The so-called kill-ring has only one entry.

ESC w

 
Save the region between the point and the mark without killing it
(‘kill-ring-save’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.4 Case conversion of words.

ESC l

 
Convert the following word to lower case, moving over.
(‘downcase-word’).

ESC u

 
Convert the following word to upper case, moving over.
(‘upcase-word’).

ESC c

 
Capitalize the following word, moving over.
(‘capitalize-word’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.5 Reusing recent input line arguments

A separate history is kept for both built-in and user-defined commands. If you call a command that you have used before, you can re-edit a previously entered string in order to minimize the amount of characters needed to be typed for the new one. There is no limit on the number of strings that can be kept in the history.

ESC p

 
Walk backward through the history of previously entered strings
(‘previous-history-element’).

ESC n

 
Walk forward through the history of previously entered strings
(‘next-history-element’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.6 Commands to set the mark

^SPC

 
Set the mark at the current point position (‘set-mark’).

^X ^X

 
Exchange the current point position with the mark one
(‘exchange-point-and-mark’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.7 Reinserting recently killed text

^Y

 
Reinsert a previously killed text at the current point position
(‘yank’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.8.8 Selecting files matching patterns

If the very first character in the input line is a `+', what comes after it is considered a (space separated) list of shell patterns, and all the files that match at least one pattern from that list will be marked as selected. An empty list of shell patterns (i.e. the `+' by itself) will cause all the files to be selected.

If the very first character in the input line is a `-', the space separated list of shell patterns that follows is used to unselect files. An empty list of shell patterns (i.e. the `-' by itself) will cause all the selected files to be unselected.

Finally, if the first and only character in the input line is a `*', then all the selected files will become unselected, and all the unselected files will become selected.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9 File operations


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.1 Copying Files

F5, ESC 5, ^C C

 
Copy the currently selected entries to the user supplied path
(‘copy’).

^C b C

 
Copy the currently selected entries to the user supplied path.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-COPY’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.2 Moving Files

F6, ESC 6, ^C T

 
Move the currently selected entries to the user supplied path
(‘move’).

^C b T

 
Move the currently selected entries to the user supplied path.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-MOVE’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.3 Creating Files

The easiest way to create a new file is to start an editor passing the file name as an argument. Most editors will try to create the file if the file doesn't exist. See section Editing Files, for more information.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.4 Deleting Files

F8, ESC 8, ^C D

 
Delete the currently selected entries (‘delete’).

^C b D

 
Delete the currently selected entries.  The operation is performed in
background (‘B-DELETE’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.5 Linking Files

^C H

 
Create a hard link from the current files to a user supplied file
name (‘LINK’).

^C b H

 
Create a hard link from the current files to a user supplied file name
(‘B-LINK’).  The action is performed in background.

^C S

 
Create a symbolic link from the current files to a user supplied file
name (‘SYMLINK’).

^C b S

 
Create a symbolic link from the current files to a user supplied file
name (‘B-SYMLINK’).  The action is performed in background.

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.6 Renaming Files

^C R

 
Rename the current file or directory with the user supplied name
(‘RENAME’).

^C b R

 
Rename the current file or directory with the user supplied name.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-RENAME’).

^C n d

 
Change the name of all the selected entries to lowercase.
(‘name-downcase’).

^C n u

 
Change the name of all the selected entries to uppercase.
(‘name-upcase’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.7 Splitting files into smaller parts

^C /

 
Split the current file into several smaller files of a given size and
named based on a given prefix (‘SPLIT’).

^C b /

 
Split the current file into several smaller files of a given size and
named based on a given prefix.  The operation is performed in background
(‘B-SPLIT’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.8 Packing files into the minimum number of bins

^C ~

 
Pack the files into the smallest number of bins.  This is an
approximation - the problem is NP-complete and no known algorithm can
guarantee a solution better than ‘(11/9) * OPTIMAL + 4’.

To make things even worse, for large files, there is no portable way
to predict how many blocks the file system implementation will require
for indirect blocks, directories, etc.  So keep in mind that this is
only an approximation.

Bin packing can be useful when you want to put a bunch of files on
floppies or zip disks and you want to optimize things a little bit
(‘bin-packing’).

‘gitfm’ assumes that you want to pack all the files in the current
directory - if there is any selected file in that directory it will be
unselected first.  Then ‘gitfm’ will ask for a bin size, and select
the files that should go in the first bin.  You are supposed to place
those files in the first bin (e.g. a tar archive), remove them from the
current directory, then run ‘bin-packing’ again, to obtain the list
of the files that should go into the second bin, etc.

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.9 Changing a file's mode, owner and group

^C M

 
Change the mode of the currently selected entries (‘CHMOD’).

^C b M

 
Change the mode of the currently selected entries.  The operation is
performed in background (‘B-CHMOD’).

^C r M

 
Recursively change the modes of the selected entries if one of them is a
directory (‘R-CHMOD’).

^C b r M

 
Recursively change the modes of the selected entries if one of them is a
directory.  The operation is performed in background (‘B-R-CHMOD’).

^C O

 
Change the owner of the currently selected entries (‘CHOWN’).

^C b O

 
Change the owner of the currently selected entries.  The operation is
performed in background (‘B-CHOWN’).

^C r O

 
Recursively change the owners of the selected entries if one of them is
a directory (‘R-CHOWN’).

^C b r O

 
Recursively change the owners of the selected entries if one of them is
a directory.  The operation is performed in background
(‘B-R-CHOWN’).

^C G

 
Change the group of the currently selected entries (‘CHGRP’).

^C b G

 
Change the group of the currently selected entries.  The operation is
performed in background (‘B-CHGRP’).

^C r G

 
Recursively change the groups of the selected entries if one of them is
a directory (‘R-CHGRP’).

^C b r G

 
Recursively change the groups of the selected entries if one of them is
a directory.  The operation is performed in background
(‘B-R-CHGRP’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.10 Editing Files

F4, ESC 4

 
Call the default editor with the current file name as an argument
(‘EDIT’).

^X e

 
Call the default editor with the selected entry names as arguments
(‘MULTIPLE-EDIT’).

^X ^F

 
Create a new file by calling the default editor with the user supplied
file name as an argument (‘FILE-CREATE’).

^X 4 a

 
Call the default editor in order to edit the ‘ChangeLog’ file
(‘CHANGE-LOG’).

The default editor can be specified using the EDITOR or GNUIT_EDITOR environment variables. See section Environment Variables, for more information.

$GNUIT_EDITOR used to be called $GIT_EDITOR. The old name is still accepted for backwards-compatibility.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.11 Viewing Files

F3, ESC 3

 
Call the default viewer (gitview) with the current file name as
argument (‘VIEW’).

^X v

 
Call the default pager (more) with the currently selected entry
names as arguments (‘MULTIPLE-VIEW’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.12 Compressing Files

^C z

 
Compress the currently selected entries with gzip
(‘COMPRESS’).

^C b z

 
Compress the currently selected entries with gzip.  The operation
is performed in background (‘B-COMPRESS’).

^C Z

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with gunzip
(‘UNCOMPRESS’).

^C b Z

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with gunzip.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-UNCOMPRESS’).

^C f Z

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with gunzip
(‘F-UNCOMPRESS’).  Force uncompression of links.

^C b f Z

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with gunzip.  Force
uncompression of links.  The operation is performed in background
(‘BF-UNCOMPRESS’).

^C .

 
Compress the currently selected entries with bzip2
(‘BZIP2-COMPRESS’).

^C b .

 
Compress the currently selected entries with bzip2.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-BZIP2-COMPRESS’).

^C o

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with bunzip2
(‘BZIP2-UNCOMPRESS’).

^C b o

 
Uncompress the currently selected entries with bunzip2.  The
operation is performed in background (‘B-BZIP2-UNCOMPRESS’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.13 Encoding Files

^C e

 
Encode the currently selected file (‘UUENCODE’).

^C b e

 
Encode the currently selected file.  The operation is performed in
background (‘B-UUENCODE’).

^C E

 
Decode the currently selected file (‘UUDECODE’).

^C b E

 
Decode the currently selected file.  The operation is performed in
background (‘B-UUDECODE’).

^C k

 
Encode the currently selected file using mpack (‘MIME-PACK’).

^C b k

 
Encode the currently selected file using mpack.  The operation is
performed in background (‘B-MIME-PACK’).

^C K

 
Decode the currently selected file using munpack (‘MIME-UNPACK’).

^C b K

 
Decode the currently selected file using munpack.  The operation is
performed in background (‘B-MIME-UNPACK’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.14 Encrypting Files

^C p

 
Encrypt (using pgp) the current file (‘ENCRYPT’).

^C P

 
Decrypt (using pgp) the current file (‘DECRYPT’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.15 Comparing Files

^C =

 
Compare (using diff) the current ASCII file with the other
panel's current file (‘DIFF’).  If both entries are directories, a
recursive diff is performed.

^C ESC =

 
Compare (using diff) the current ASCII file with its latest
backup.  The latest backup is the file having the same name and a '~' at
the end (‘LAST-BACKUP-DIFF’).

^C B

 
Compare the current file with the other panel current file.  A binary
comparison is performed (‘compare’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.16 Spell Checking Files

^X I

 
Run the ispell command with the current file name as an
argument.

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.17 Printing Files

^C j

 
Print the selected files via lpr to the user specified printer or
to the default one if no lpr options are given (‘PRINT-JOB’).

^C J

 
Print the list of active printing jobs via lpq.  The default
printer is queried if no lpq options are given
(‘PRINT-JOB-LIST’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.18 Wiping Files

^C W

 
Call gitwipe to wipe the selected files.  Asks for confirmation
before actually wiping them in order to avoid errors (‘WIPE’).

See section The GNUIT wipe file utility, for more information.


[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.19 Searching Files

ESC %

 
Search files on the file system, starting from the current directory
(‘FIND’).

ESC &

 
Use 'locate' to search files on the file system, starting from the
current directory (‘LOCATE’).

^X w

 
Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
(‘WHEREIS’).

^X W

 
Locate a command; display its pathname or alias (‘WHICH’).

[ < ] [ > ]   [ << ] [ Up ] [ >> ]         [Top] [Contents] [Index] [ ? ]

3.1.9.20 Managing tar based archive files

^C a

 
Create a tar archive containing all the currently selected
entries (‘TAR’).

^C b a

 
Create a tar archive containing all the currently selected
entries.  The operation is performed in background (‘B-TAR’).

^C x

 
Create a compressed tar archive containing the current entry,
provided it is a directory (‘TAR-COMPRESS’).

^C b x

 
Create a compressed tar archive containing the current entry,
provided it is directory.  The operation is performed in background
(‘B-TAR-COMPRESS’).

^C -

 
Create a bzip2 compressed tar archive containing the current
entry, provided it is a directory (‘TAR-BZIP2’).

^C b -

 
Create a bzip2 compressed tar archive containing the current
entry, provided it is a directory.  The operation is performed in
background (‘B-TAR-BZIP2’).

^C X

 
Expand the selected archives into the current directory.  The utility
used is selected based on the extension of the file
(‘GENERIC-UNPACK’).

^C b X

 
Expand the selected archives into the current directory.  The utility
used is based on the extension of the file.  The operation is performed
in background (‘B-GENERIC-UNPACK’).

^C V

 
Expand the se