To Print List of Folder Contents?

[garycurtis]

I looked and looked in Pogue's Missing Manual. How to a print a list of folder contents in 10.5.8? "Help" (in the Finder) doesn't address the topic.

 

[BrianBaughn]

One way is to select all (command-A) in the folder, copy, then paste into a plain text formatted TextEdit document. From there you can copy and paste the list anywhere you want to print.

 

[mulo]

 ls /path/to/folder/end/with/slash/

 

[garycurtis]

Mulo, can you slow down a bit to help a Newbie. Never before used Terminal and don't comprehend the syntax. Do I actually type in the word /Path/ after the ls command?

I can't believe the finder doesn't have a direct way to print out the "table of contents of a folder" (as opposed to Directory, which would mean a Path). About 20 unsuccessful tries, always resulting in the message "directory not found".

 

[GGJstudios]

1. Open a new TextEdit document and select Format > Make Plain Text
   
2. Highlight the items in Finder that you want to list and copy them with right-click > Copy or use Command-C
   
3. Click on your TextEdit document and either right-click and Paste, or use Command-V.