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pilot - simple file system browser in the style of the Alpine Composer
pilot [ options ] [ directory ]
Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based on the Alpine message system composer. As with Alpine, commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided.
Pilot displays the current working directory at the top of the screen. The directory's contents are displayed in columns of file name, file size pairs. Names that are directories are indicated by the name "(dir)" in place of the file size. The parent of the current working directory is indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(parent dir)". File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed with a file size of "--".
Several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename, Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands operate on text files only. By default, the "View" command displays files using "alpine -F", but will respect the environment variable PAGER if set. The "Edit" command simply invokes "pico". The "Launch" command provides a convenient way to either execute the selected file or to run an application on it.
More specific help is available in pilot's online help.
Michael Seibel <mikes@cac.washington.edu>
Copyright 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.
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Source distribution (part of the Alpine Message System):
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