Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete

Re:Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete by doubled112 on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:03PM (#38169693)

rm doesn’t provide an action summary, does it?

Last time I used the interactive option, it needed me to press Y once for every file.

If you have a list of 200 files you’re probably not even reading by the end.

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Re:Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete by neuromanser on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:20PM (#38180673)

I wholeheartedly agree that rm -i is a terrible UI. However: what presentation of 200 paths would you not glaze over?

Microsoft gets lots of praise for maintaining Backwards Compatibility, even if it's Bug Compatibility, yet POSIX gets shit for the same.

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Re:Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete by doubled112 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:58PM (#38201341)

The presentation suggested in this very thread would work better for me. I generally pay pretty close attention to package apt/pacman/dnf output because it is all right there in front of me.

Perhaps ironically, if those programs asked me for each change I would just hold Y until it went away. Needing confirmation of each item is why I glaze over.

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