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From: Wes Groleau on 28 Jun 2010 01:19
On 06-28-2010 00:05, Salmon Egg wrote:
> In article<x6TVn.7874$Z6.4078(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Király)
> wrote:
>
>> Salmon Egg<SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Suppose I have a Finder window that gives a listing of files in a
>>> folder. Is there a way for me to get that listing and pasting it into a
>>> spreadsheet such as Excel? I am using the latest version of Snowleopard.
>>>
>>> If I select all of the window, copy, and then paste into Excel, I merely
>>> get a list of the file names. That is all that shows in the clipboard.
>>
>> Finder is a bad tool to use for this. Terminal works better:
>>
>> ls -la /path/to/folder> ~/Desktop/list.txt
>>
>> Look for a file "list.txt" on your Desktop, open with TextEdit, copy the
>> info and paste.
>>
>> When typing the command, You can, instead of typing out the whole path
>> to the file, simply drag the folder into the Terminal window, press the
>> spacebar, and then continue typing the rest of the command.
>
> Unfortunately I do not know how to use Terminal. However, your clue and
> method looks he lpful. You are also adding to my incentive to learn more
> about Terminal.Thanks.

I posted a slightly more complicated method than Király did. His is a
slightly easier way than mine to get the file. However, there is a
slight flaw: Since the file has no delimiters, Paste will put everything
in one column. That's why I suggested importing as a fixed-column file.

Of course, if you don't mind learning a little of shell, there are lots
of ways to compare the ages of files.....

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From: Salmon Egg on 28 Jun 2010 12:14
In article <eYVVn.7883$Z6.1102(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly)
wrote:

> Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Unfortunately I do not know how to use Terminal.
>
> You open it, and type in the command I gave.

That part I know. I was thinking more in terms of chess. I know all the
moves and rules, but I still cannot play a good chess game. For
Terminal, I do not even know the rules--yet.

Bill

--
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From: Salmon Egg on 28 Jun 2010 12:17
In article <eYVVn.7883$Z6.1102(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly)
wrote:

> Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Unfortunately I do not know how to use Terminal.
>
> You open it, and type in the command I gave.

To use another cliche, you just gave me a very welcome fish. I still do
not know HOW to fish.

Bill

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