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E Johnson

8 May 2012 8 May '12

9:52 p.m.

Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file? I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort. Don't need to know permissions or anything else. I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc. I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here. Thanks extremely, Liz J

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Jason Couture

8 May 8 May

9:54 p.m.

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Do you need just the current directory? or do you need to walk subdirectories as well? This e-mail transmission, including any attachments, is intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this transmission in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this transmission, including any attachments. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort.

Don't need to know permissions or anything else.

I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc.

I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here.

Thanks extremely, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

E Johnson

10:08 p.m.

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Wow you guys are great. I need only the filesnames in a specific directory This has no subdirectories, only about 400-500 files, all the same kind (pdf's) Liz On 8 May 2012 17:54, Jason Couture wrote:

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Do you need just the current directory? or do you need to walk subdirectories as well?

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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort.

Don't need to know permissions or anything else.

I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc.

I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here.

Thanks extremely, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Jason Couture

10:11 p.m.

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Run this in that directory, should work on any linux distro with bash and grep. find -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec basename {} \; | sort | grep -v "filelist.txt" > filelist.txt This e-mail transmission, including any attachments, is intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this transmission in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this transmission, including any attachments. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:08 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Wow you guys are great.

I need only the filesnames in a specific directory This has no subdirectories, only about 400-500 files, all the same kind (pdf's)

Liz

On 8 May 2012 17:54, Jason Couture wrote:

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Do you need just the current directory? or do you need to walk subdirectories as well?

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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort.

Don't need to know permissions or anything else.

I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc.

I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here.

Thanks extremely, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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John Platt

9:57 p.m.

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will create a file. >> will append to it. ls will do and -a if you need the hidden files. So ls > filename.txt.

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort.

Don't need to know permissions or anything else.

I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc.

I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here.

Thanks extremely, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jason Couture

10:06 p.m.

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# Find all files in the current directory and sub-directories, sort them by name, and remove the leading ./ in their path. write filenames to filelist.txt find -type f | sort | cut -b 3- > filelist.txt # Find all files in the current directoy only, sort by name, remove leading ./ write filenames to filelist.txt find -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec basename {} \; | sort > filelist.txt On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

I need to list about 400 filenames, then drop these into an xl doc, in order to sort.

Don't need to know permissions or anything else.

I think sort might do it < http://ss64.com/bash/sort.html >, but probably I need help creating a command that will list only the file names, which I can then copy/paste to an xl doc.

I am running Debian. I have one Squeeze and one Lenny here.

Thanks extremely, Liz J _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

soup

10:10 p.m.

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Why not just 'ls > filelist.lst'? On 5/8/2012 17:52, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

Jason Couture

10:12 p.m.

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She said she wanted a sorted list, and the above commands will work even if she creates subdirectories in the future. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM, soup wrote:

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Why not just 'ls > filelist.lst'?

On 5/8/2012 17:52, E Johnson wrote:

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Is there an app or command line tool which can copy all filenames within a certain directory, and output these filenames to a plain-text file?

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