VIM is great for text. Is there, too, an efficient, mouseless way to manipulate files on OS X?

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Published on 2012-09-19T21:57:33Z Indexed on 2012/09/20 9:41 UTC
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I am having trouble navigating through files on OS X. That is, creating files, copying, moving, and so on. I am currently using the Finder, but the act of clicking with the mouse is not very efficient. Acessing a deep folder takes a considerable amount of time and you'll have to know it's entire path.

When I try to use the command line it is even worse. Going to a folder requires at least typing it's entire path with the 'cd' command; and, when you are there, you don't have full control over it. For example, how would you move 3 specific files to another folder? Some text editors offer a 'fuzzy search' function that allows a very fast form of jumping through files.

What is a fast, efficient way to navigate through files on OS X?

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