Re: [orca-list] copying files

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

Glad to hear you figured out list view and I wasn't sure if the *.* 
would work. Don't remeber off the top of my head if you can just do sudo 
cp *.txt for al text files as a wildcard though in Linux. Need to double 
check that one, but I prefer copying in a terminal for one file, GUI for 
a whole bunch of files.


On 03/10/18 17:36, Michael Weaver wrote:
> Doing *.* didn't work but you were right about entering on the folder 
> before pasting using the GUI.
>
>
> On 3 October 2018 4:44:21 pm Jace Kattalakis via orca-list 
> <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hey, if you're not afraid of a terminal, try this, you'l have to do this
> > for every file unless somebody corrects me if you can do multiple files
> > this way, but....and again correct me if I'm wrong here but try
> >
> >
> > sudo cp <document name> /dev/sdx /home/<name>/Documents
> >
> > Where sdx is the USB stick, usualy sdb, and <name> is your
> > username....so, f.ex.
> >
> > sudo cp test.txt /dev/sdb /home/alice/Documents
> >
> > If I'm wrong in any way....which I probably am, but if I am correct that
> > and such. It should hopefully work fine though.
> >
> > Also, for the list view, fairly sure you need to actualy hit enter on a
> > foldder before pasting into it to tell the system you're in that folder
> > else it just assumes you're in the directory above it. Example, I select
> > /home/videos and do the right arrow and paste a video in. On my system
> > it sends it to the home folder because I told my system I'm in that
> > folder. I didn't specificaly tel it I'm in the Videos
> > folder.manager/system/etc you're using but it should in theory work on
> > most things.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 03/10/18 15:59, Michael Weaver via orca-list wrote:
> > > I have some documents which I want to copy from a USB stick to my home
> > > folder.
> > >
> > > I went to the USB stick, I managed to select the files after changing
> > > the settings in file manager to list view, the standard select all and
> > > copy keys worked.
> > >
> > > I went to my home folder, wemt to the documents folder, did a cursor
> > > right and did the CTRL V or pulled down the menu to do the appropriate
> > > commands and.
> > >
> > > I went back to my desktop, opened the documents folder and the folder
> > > was empty.
> > >
> > > I eventually located the files only they seemed to have been pasted in
> > > the wrong place instead of them being sent to the Documents folder so
> > > i deleted them in case I ended up with duplicate files everywhere.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong.
> > >
> > > I am sure I heard on a Podcast that copying text or something and
> > > pasting it was slightly different in Linux than it is on a mac or in
> > > Windows wso I am wondering if the proceedure for copying files from a
> > > USB Stick to the documents folder in Home is different in Linux maybe
> > > which might explain my files being place in the wrong place.
> > >
> > > I only found them by pressing ALT F1 and discovering they were just
> > > added to the list of apps and not my documents folder.
> > >
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