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Old 08-03-2011
List files

Hi.

I am very new to Unix and would like to know if there is a command or script that can list all files in a directory and write it to a *.txt file.

The Microsoft equal is:
Code:
dir /b > c:\dir.txt

Tnx allot

Last edited by radoulov; 08-03-2011 at 10:12 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
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Old 08-03-2011
Code:
ls -A >~/ls.txt

You never write to the root directory for personal work but rather to your home directory "~/" is a shortcut to your home which is expanded by the bash shell, $HOME is an environmental variable which holds the value of your home directory and can also be used if you wish the command to look "clearer"
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Old 08-03-2011
Tnx allot this is what i was lookinh for.

Another question i do have is how can i run this let say every 15minutes? in MS i will do it with a bat file.

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Ok this works. I would like it in list view in the text file. I tried "ls -ltr >text.txt" but still putt all in one line.
# 4  
Old 08-03-2011
Take a look at
Code:
man 5 crontab

And when you have a handle on it run
Code:
crontab -e

 
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