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I think it’s just a matter of getting used to it. I had the same issue at first and the more I used the command line, the more I started to prefer it to GUI apps for certain tasks.
A couple things that I use all the time:
cd -
goes back to the last directory you were in (useful for bouncing back and forth between locations)!$
means the last argument. So if youls ~/Downloads
and then decide you want to go there, you cancd !$
.:h
removes the last piece of a path. So I can dovim /etc/network/interfaces
and thencd !$:h
will take me to/etc/network
.Besides using
!$
,alt+.
on bash copies the last argument into the line you are typing, which might be better if you want to edit it.