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Migrating directory listing in Finder to Pages

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orbdrums

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I've done this before both in Terminal and Finder but I can't remember how. I want to create a spreadsheet from a directory listing. Not the actual files, just the listing in Finder or Terminal. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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r0k

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orbdrums said:
I've done this before both in Terminal and Finder but I can't remember how. I want to create a spreadsheet from a directory listing. Not the actual files, just the listing in Finder or Terminal. Any help would be appreciated.
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Code: 
ls > myfiles.txt
 
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snberk103

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Oct 22, 2007
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orbdrums said:
I've done this before both in Terminal and Finder but I can't remember how. I want to create a spreadsheet from a directory listing. Not the actual files, just the listing in Finder or Terminal. Any help would be appreciated.
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In finder, open in Column view (other views may work too, I didn't try)
Select All
Copy
Paste into the cell in Numbers you want to start the list with.
Done.

Drag and Drop doesn't work, you have to copy and paste.
 
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orbdrums

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Thanks guys. Both worked. I was trying to drag and drop but it wouldn't work.
Peace.
 
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