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07-27-2008

shelata

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Viewing Directory Content as You Navigate Directories in UNIX

Hi,

Can someone help me figure out how to view directory content while I navigate directories (without having to go to the actual directory and "ls-ing" it)? Is there some keyboard shortcut for this? For instance, it would be useful if I could see the content of a directory when I'm copying from it.

Currently, I have to go to the directory itself, ls the directory to find the contents, and then copy stuff out of there. Please let me know if you don't know what I mean. I'm currently using the bash version of UNIX.

Example of what I want to do:

(1) Type: cp ../../<some shortcut key>
(2) Console shows me the directory contents without losing my "cp ../../" command

Thanks in advance!
Amol

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