https://aaron.blog/tags/cli/Recent content in Cli on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usWed, 18 Nov 2015 15:14:37 +0000https://aaron.blog/remember-norton-commander/Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:14:37 +0000https://aaron.blog/remember-norton-commander/<p>If you've been around long enough to have used Microsoft DOS as your primary operating system, you might remember <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander" rel="noopener">Norton Commander</a>.</p><figure><img src="norton_commander_5-51.png" class="kg-image" alt="Norton_Commander_5.51" loading="lazy" width="640" height="350"><figcaption>Norton Commander 5.51 running on MS-DOS 5</figcaption></figure><p>Managing files in DOS was a pain in the butt without something even remotely graphical. I loved the two panes and simplistic navigation in folders. In fact I think Norton Commander made me better at command line stuff after I got a visualization of the file structure.</p>