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Can you make an alias command that basically formats the out put of ls into two columns, so that the output shows all the subdirectories in column 1 and all the files in column 2.
Example:
me:~$ ls
dir1 file1.txt
dir2 file2.xml
dir3 file3.pdf
dir4 file4.png
dir5 file5.wav
dir6 file6.mp3
... file7.doc
...
You get the idea :) (Maybe even put the executables in column 3?)
Is this possible?
OS version: Ubuntu 18.04
terminal ls
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
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Can you make an alias command that basically formats the out put of ls into two columns, so that the output shows all the subdirectories in column 1 and all the files in column 2.
Example:
me:~$ ls
dir1 file1.txt
dir2 file2.xml
dir3 file3.pdf
dir4 file4.png
dir5 file5.wav
dir6 file6.mp3
... file7.doc
...
You get the idea :) (Maybe even put the executables in column 3?)
Is this possible?
OS version: Ubuntu 18.04
terminal ls
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
33
Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
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up vote
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Can you make an alias command that basically formats the out put of ls into two columns, so that the output shows all the subdirectories in column 1 and all the files in column 2.
Example:
me:~$ ls
dir1 file1.txt
dir2 file2.xml
dir3 file3.pdf
dir4 file4.png
dir5 file5.wav
dir6 file6.mp3
... file7.doc
...
You get the idea :) (Maybe even put the executables in column 3?)
Is this possible?
OS version: Ubuntu 18.04
terminal ls
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
33
Can you make an alias command that basically formats the out put of ls into two columns, so that the output shows all the subdirectories in column 1 and all the files in column 2.
Example:
me:~$ ls
dir1 file1.txt
dir2 file2.xml
dir3 file3.pdf
dir4 file4.png
dir5 file5.wav
dir6 file6.mp3
... file7.doc
...
You get the idea :) (Maybe even put the executables in column 3?)
Is this possible?
OS version: Ubuntu 18.04
terminal ls
terminal ls
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
33
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
33
edited Dec 6 at 13:15
asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
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asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
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asked Dec 6 at 10:40
Ciarán J. Hagen
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Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
add a comment |
Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
add a comment |
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stat around (you didn't comment on your OS version)? try
stat -c$'%Fn%n' * | awk '/^directory/ getline LEFT[++DC]; next getline RIGHT[++FC] END for (i=1; i<=(DC>FC?DC:FC); i++) print LEFT[i], RIGHT[i]' OFS="t"
dir1 awkscript
dir2 fil1
dir3 file
dir4 file~
file1
file1~
file2
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it throughcolumn -nt.
– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
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stat around (you didn't comment on your OS version)? try
stat -c$'%Fn%n' * | awk '/^directory/ getline LEFT[++DC]; next getline RIGHT[++FC] END for (i=1; i<=(DC>FC?DC:FC); i++) print LEFT[i], RIGHT[i]' OFS="t"
dir1 awkscript
dir2 fil1
dir3 file
dir4 file~
file1
file1~
file2
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it throughcolumn -nt.
– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
|
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stat around (you didn't comment on your OS version)? try
stat -c$'%Fn%n' * | awk '/^directory/ getline LEFT[++DC]; next getline RIGHT[++FC] END for (i=1; i<=(DC>FC?DC:FC); i++) print LEFT[i], RIGHT[i]' OFS="t"
dir1 awkscript
dir2 fil1
dir3 file
dir4 file~
file1
file1~
file2
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it throughcolumn -nt.
– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
|
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stat around (you didn't comment on your OS version)? try
stat -c$'%Fn%n' * | awk '/^directory/ getline LEFT[++DC]; next getline RIGHT[++FC] END for (i=1; i<=(DC>FC?DC:FC); i++) print LEFT[i], RIGHT[i]' OFS="t"
dir1 awkscript
dir2 fil1
dir3 file
dir4 file~
file1
file1~
file2
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
stat around (you didn't comment on your OS version)? try
stat -c$'%Fn%n' * | awk '/^directory/ getline LEFT[++DC]; next getline RIGHT[++FC] END for (i=1; i<=(DC>FC?DC:FC); i++) print LEFT[i], RIGHT[i]' OFS="t"
dir1 awkscript
dir2 fil1
dir3 file
dir4 file~
file1
file1~
file2
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
answered Dec 6 at 11:52
RudiC
3,9541312
3,9541312
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it throughcolumn -nt.
– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
|
show 1 more comment
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it throughcolumn -nt.
– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
This is what I'm looking for, only it prints column 2 relative to column 1. This makes the second column non-parallell. Is there a way to fix this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
btw OS version: Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:14
pipe it through
column -nt.– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
pipe it through
column -nt.– RudiC
Dec 6 at 13:20
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
Thank you so much :D It works now
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:43
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
There is one small problem still, in that it prints files with a whitespace in their filename in two columns... Is there a way to remedy this?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 7 at 14:33
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Is there a particular reason why you removed all those things @Rui F Ribeiro ? Was it too personal?
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 11:20
It might be in your interest keeping your posts succinct and on topic, for getting more attention and up voting. There is also a tradition of editing posts here for consistency and redundancy. See our FAQ and keep around. btw, welcome.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 6 at 11:46
I will keep that in mind for future posts :D Thx
– Ciarán J. Hagen
Dec 6 at 13:08