Working with large directories

[Steven Stern]

On 03/16/2012 01:01 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have two very large directories.
> 
> One an rsync of all the RFCs and that is up to 6456 files.  But all the
> Internet Drafts (including all expired ones) is 72,509 files.  Then I
> have a number of large directories with IEEE 802 documents, but rarely
> over 3,000 per WG/year (eg ..../802.15/11/ for .15 document numbers
> assigned in 2011).
> 
> So anyway, Nautilus takes forever to list these directories and at times
> I just want to look for a particular file by string in the name.  Is
> there a fast graphic tool for this?  Then when I find the desired file,
> I typically open it in Firefox.
> 
> 

How about Midnight Commander (yum install mc)

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-- Steve