Janina’s recommendation is "spot on;” keep in mind though that the output file
(myfiles.txt in this case) will also appear in the list, if it doesn’t matter
then so be it.
But, if you don’t want myfiles.txt to be listed in itself you might want to use
the line:
ls -1 >../myfiles.txt
This will create the output file one directory above the current directory you
are creating the list for and will then not appear as one of the names listed
in itself.
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On Jan 20, 2019, at 4:32 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
So, just for completeness, basic beans on the Terminal are pretty easy.
The hardest thing is often getting to the right place for issuing
commands. Example: If the files you want to create a list of are in your
Documents folder (often called a directory in terminal-speak), you need
to change to that directory like this:
cd Documents
Now you can get a list of all files one per line like this:
ls -1
And, to put that output, i.e. all those filenames in a file one per
line, you just add the redirection symbol and a filename for the output
like this:
ls -1 > myfile.txt
Now the file myfile.txt has that list of filenames one per line. And,
you can access myfiles.txt in any of the usual ways, not just the
terminal.
hth
Janina
Lorie McCloud writes:
> my problem with that is that I don't know beans about using the terminal.
> My Youtube Channel:
> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>
>> On Jan 18, 2019, at 1:40 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>
>> If your wanting the names of files etc in a document,
>> Then I go with what I think it was Jonathan said,
>>
>> Use the terminal.
>> But in a slightly different way,
>> Use LS to list all the files but if you can pipe that into a file then you
>> could copy the contents of that file out to your email
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On
>> Behalf Of Lorie McCloud
>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM
>> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac
>>
>> no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily
>> because I would have to open another program. I suspect this is just
>> personal preference.
>> My Youtube Channel:
>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 7:22 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Did you try my suggestion?
>>>
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were
>>> true?
>>>
>>> On 1/15/2019 4:32 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>>>> I know next to nothing about terminal so I didn't understand those
>>>> instructions at all. I'm glad to know there are several ways to do it.
>>>> maybe one of these days I'll learn about the terminal. I used to use a
>>>> unix shell back in the old days. meanwhile the one I tried was pressing
>>>> enter and copying the text. couldn't do them all at once but it worked
>>>> great.
>>>>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 5:22 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, assuming you have open shell at current location service then you
>>>>> could right click on the directory and find open terminal window at
>>>>> current location. Then you could use the "ls" command or possibly ls -l
>>>>> if you need the details.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then you can copy the output from terminal.
>>>>>
>>>>> ISn't it wonderful how there are so many ways to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Cohn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 3:11 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
>>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Select all the titles you want, do a copy, then paste into TextEdit and
>>>>>> save as a .txt file. Don't know if this wi work to paste into an email
>>>>>> but you can attach the file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>
>>>>>> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were
>>>>>> true?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/15/2019 11:56 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>>>>>>> I have a list of mp3 files in a folder. I want to copy the titles and
>>>>>>> paste them into an email. how do I do this? I have some instructions
>>>>>>> that say shift-option-right arrow selects by word but I don't hear
>>>>>>> anything when I do that.
>>>>>>> thanks.
>>>>>>> Lorie
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