Thread: How do I get a list of all my files?

i wonder whether here can me bit of terminal code.

have folder in have 500 folders, each of contains between 1 , 100 files.

want create spreadsheet of folder names , file names, obviously, ploughing through them manually going take forever!

so, there moderately simple command can paste terminal give me information in text form can cut , paste spreadsheet can manipulate required?

"ls -r" recurse entire directory structure, results might not well-formatted task.

if files have common, unique root directory name, you'll better results locate command. try "locate rootdirname" , see if helps. you'll want pipe results file "locate rootdirname > dirlist.txt".

if you've added or deleted files directory, run "sudo updatedb" before running locate refresh database.

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