Text file output of directory contents
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My apologies if this has been asked before. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop and would like to be able to output the contents (file names) of a directory into a single text file via terminal/cli.
I think when I used to use DOS, years back, went something like this: dir /w/p > file.txt
..think that was it, but simple and damn handy
Thank you for your time and help with my question
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My apologies if this has been asked before. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop and would like to be able to output the contents (file names) of a directory into a single text file via terminal/cli.
I think when I used to use DOS, years back, went something like this: dir /w/p > file.txt
..think that was it, but simple and damn handy
Thank you for your time and help with my question
files text
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
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up vote
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down vote
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My apologies if this has been asked before. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop and would like to be able to output the contents (file names) of a directory into a single text file via terminal/cli.
I think when I used to use DOS, years back, went something like this: dir /w/p > file.txt
..think that was it, but simple and damn handy
Thank you for your time and help with my question
files text
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
11
My apologies if this has been asked before. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop and would like to be able to output the contents (file names) of a directory into a single text file via terminal/cli.
I think when I used to use DOS, years back, went something like this: dir /w/p > file.txt
..think that was it, but simple and damn handy
Thank you for your time and help with my question
files text
files text
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
11
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
11
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
11
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
11
asked Feb 18 at 1:46
Sean S
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The general command for listing directory contents in Linux is ls
LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is speciâ€Â
fied.
Probably the nearest equivalent to dir /w will be ls -C (the /p option - pause - doesn't really make sense when writing to a file). So
ls -C > file.txt
In fact, there's a dir command in Linux as well - so you could just do dir > file.txt
See Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
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Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
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The general command for listing directory contents in Linux is ls
LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is speciâ€Â
fied.
Probably the nearest equivalent to dir /w will be ls -C (the /p option - pause - doesn't really make sense when writing to a file). So
ls -C > file.txt
In fact, there's a dir command in Linux as well - so you could just do dir > file.txt
See Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
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up vote
1
down vote
The general command for listing directory contents in Linux is ls
LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is speciâ€Â
fied.
Probably the nearest equivalent to dir /w will be ls -C (the /p option - pause - doesn't really make sense when writing to a file). So
ls -C > file.txt
In fact, there's a dir command in Linux as well - so you could just do dir > file.txt
See Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
The general command for listing directory contents in Linux is ls
LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is speciâ€Â
fied.
Probably the nearest equivalent to dir /w will be ls -C (the /p option - pause - doesn't really make sense when writing to a file). So
ls -C > file.txt
In fact, there's a dir command in Linux as well - so you could just do dir > file.txt
See Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
The general command for listing directory contents in Linux is ls
LS(1) User Commands LS(1)
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is speciâ€Â
fied.
Probably the nearest equivalent to dir /w will be ls -C (the /p option - pause - doesn't really make sense when writing to a file). So
ls -C > file.txt
In fact, there's a dir command in Linux as well - so you could just do dir > file.txt
See Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
answered Feb 18 at 2:01
steeldriver
63.4k1199167
63.4k1199167
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
add a comment |Â
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
Thank you for your help steeldriver, appreciate it. Very true about the /p option, just so use to using it to pause dir output. Take care and thank you again ;)
– Sean S
Feb 28 at 2:10
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