Re: File Management, How to List All

[Javi Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com>]

Hello,

El 3 de enero de 2016 17:49:38 CET, ray <ray@aarden.us> escribió:
>I would like to better manage my files to manage duplications and
>versions.  
>
>On Windows, I use a VBA module in Excel; execute in a specific
>directory and it records all files along with the path, size, type,
>dates.  On Debian 8.2, an ls -al -R gives the data but the output
>prints a directory and all the files under that directory.  Capturing
>this as text list all the files but the path is not recorded from each
>file.  With so many directories, it is not reasonable to edit this by
>hand.

See find command and its -printf format options

>
>So I am wondering what would be some good methods for recording my file
>system data so it may be used programmatically.  I like doing this is a
>spreadsheet as I can sort and filter, drag and copy, drag and iterate,
>and programmatically build large scripts.
I dont understand what does "drag and copy, drag and iterate,
>and programmatically build large scripts" means. 

For see how your space is distributed, use baobab

Regards