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How to create list names of folders into Word or PDF ?

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vim147

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I have over 300 music albums in folders that i want to create a list of.

Is there anyway i can create a list onto a word, excel or pdf format either on mac or pc ?

It'd take too long to copy and paste all the folders so looking for a easy option.
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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vim147 said:
I have over 300 music albums in folders that i want to create a list of.

Is there anyway i can create a list onto a word, excel or pdf format either on mac or pc ?

It'd take too long to copy and paste all the folders so looking for a easy option.
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Assuming the folder names are the album names and they're all in the same parent folder:
  1. Open the parent folder in Finder
  2. Put a single space character in the Finder search field
  3. Select the parent folder in the search location
  4. Click the + under the search field to add search criteria
  5. Select "Kind" is "Folder" to select only the folders and not their contents
  6. Command-A to select all
  7. Command-C to copy
  8. Open TextEdit
  9. Command-Shift-T to change format to plain text
  10. Command-V to paste
These steps work in Snow Leopard. They may need to be modified slightly in ML.
 
Weaselboy

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vim147 said:
I have over 300 music albums in folders that i want to create a list of.

Is there anyway i can create a list onto a word, excel or pdf format either on mac or pc ?

It'd take too long to copy and paste all the folders so looking for a easy option.
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Paste the below command into Terminal and hit enter. That will put a text file called "mymusic.txt" on your Desktop listing everything in your Music folder. If the files are elsewhere, just change the ~/Music part to the path/folder containing the songs.

Then you can look at that mymusic.txt text file in Textedit or Word etc.

Code: 
ls -R ~/Music > ~/Desktop/mymusic.txt
 
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vim147

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I just want to create the names of the albums which are all in folders on my usb drive. Not list all individual mp3 songs i have.
 
Weaselboy

Weaselboy

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vim147 said:
I just want to create the names of the albums which are all in folders on my usb drive. Not list all individual mp3 songs i have.
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Ah... okay. So you have one folder then in that folder you have subfolders that are the album titles... yes?

Open Terminal then type cd followed by a space, then drag the folder into the Terminal window and hit enter. This will get you in the correct folder in Terminal. Then run the command below.

Code: 
ls -d */ > ~/Desktop/mymusic.txt
 
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