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Old 09-21-2010
How to redirect output of ls to a file?
Hi All,
I want to redirect only the file names to a new file from the ls -ltr directroy. how Can i do it.

my ls -ltr output will be as below.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 118 103 28295 Jul 26 2006 event.podl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 118 103 28295 Jul 26 2006 xyz.podl
I want my new file to have only event.podl . and xyz.podl
Pls Suggest.

Thanks in advance,
Giri.
# 2  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
ls -ltr |awk '{printf $9 "\n"}' >test.txt

\n can be replaced by a space if you want sapces between items.
# 3  
Old 09-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by girish.raos
Hi All,
I want to redirect only the file names to a new file from the ls -ltr directroy. how Can i do it.

my ls -ltr output will be as below.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 118 103 28295 Jul 26 2006 event.podl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 118 103 28295 Jul 26 2006 xyz.podl
I want my new file to have only event.podl . and xyz.podl
Pls Suggest.

Thanks in advance,
Giri.
Why do you use the -l (long format) option?
These are basic commands, at least you should know how to redirect the output to a file, with 41 posts,...

Code:
ls -tr > file

# 4  
Old 09-21-2010
Code:
ls -1 > test.txt

# 5  
Old 09-21-2010
Thanks a lot vistastar. It works.
# 6  
Old 09-21-2010
But it will fail when files have spaces. Don't use ls with awk like that to parse files.
# 7  
Old 09-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kurumi
Code:
ls -1 > test.txt

You don't answer to the OP requirement.
That would be
Code:
ls -1tr > test.txt

(note that's dash one, not dash ell) but "-1" is unnecessary as ls knows the output is not a terminal so displays one file per line anyway. Franklin52 got it.
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