What is the emacs equivalent of vim eunuch?
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LowCom · 2022-06-16 02:58

Vim eunuch provides several vim versions of unix command line commands
which can be executed directly from vim's command mode.

Egs:
:Remove: Delete a file on disk without E211: File no longer available.
:Delete: Delete a file on disk and the buffer too.
:Move: Rename a buffer and the file on disk simultaneously.
:Rename: Renames the current file without creating new copy.
:Copy:
:Chmod: Change the permissions of the current file.
:Mkdir: Create a directory, defaulting to the parent of the current
file.

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aaronemassey · 2022-06-16 03:21

Dired?

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oantolin · 2022-06-16 03:32

These built-in commands: delete-file, rename-file, copy-file, make-
directory, chmod (or set-file-modes), make-directory, delete-
directory.

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LowCom · 2022-06-16 04:10

> These built-in commands: delete-file, rename-file, copy-file, mak

Is there a way to make these act on the current file instead of
prompting for the filename?

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oantolin · 2022-06-16 04:12

If the current buffer happens to be associated to a file, then that
file is the first element of the future history, so pressing `M-n`
will insert it at the prompt.

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_viz_ · 2022-06-16 04:24

Just RET also works here.

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oantolin · 2022-06-16 04:25

Oh, that's right! Much better, thank you!

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xtifr · 2022-06-16 04:32

Wow, even in vi I wouldn't do that! It's so much easier to type, e.g.
`:!rm foo` than `:Remove foo`.

And, of course, the Emacs equivalent of *that* is `M-! rm foo`. You
can also use the `delete-file` command that u/oantolin mentioned. But
really, I'd probably use dired for such things.

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oantolin · 2022-06-16 04:33

In Vim you can go `:!rm %`, which is pretty nice.

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rajrdajr · 2022-06-16 04:59

[Dired mode (pronounced "dir ed" as in directory editor) info (aka
help) pages](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs
/Dired.html)

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takutekato · 2022-06-16 05:21

How about
[https://github.com/bbatsov/crux](https://github.com/bbatsov/crux)?

:Delete `crux-delete-file-and-buffer`

:Move, :Rename `crux-rename-file-and-buffer`

:Copy `write-file (C-x C-w)` (built-in)

Not sure about :Remove and :Chmod, maybe you can use the built-in
commands as other comments have suggested or `async-shell-command` and
type the shell command there.

:Mkdir `M-x eval-expression (M-:)`, `(make-directory default-directory
t)`
Or just simply save the file and Emacs will ask if you want to create
the directory when it doesn't already exist.

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Rotatop · 2022-06-16 18:37

Maybe wrote it yourself ?

 I have copy pasted here https://github.com/Hettomei/dotfiles/blob/0f0
95115c0d4a40aa1acc3d9cf2069a387616f3c/default/doom.d/config.el#L772

What prostesilaos has done here :
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-07-24-emacs-misc-custom-commands/

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LowCom · 2022-06-16 21:38

It's not the same. First of all you don't need to specify file name
for Remove in vim. Also,  you won't get an error deleting a file from
within that file.

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LowCom · 2022-06-17 05:17

How is write-file different from saving a file through C-x C-s?
Thanks for the crux package, seems very useful.

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takutekato · 2022-06-17 05:29

It's equivalent to "Save As", I suppose that by `:Copy` you meant
copying the currently editing file so that should be like "Save as" (I
don't use Vim extensively, so excuse me if I interpreted those
commands incorrectly).