Export Folder contents to .txt or .xls????

Open the Terminal in Applications -> Utilities.

type at the prompt

ls -l (path) > myfile.txt

where path is the path to the folder. Note by default Terminal dumps you in your Home folder. So if your movies are in your Movies folder just enter Movies in place of (path). If they are in a subfolder of movies, enter that subfolder's name in the path like

Movies/subfolder

Note the Desktop folder is a subfolder of your home folder so you can enter Desktop for any movies stored in your Desktop folder.

You can also drag the folder into the Terminal window when you are ready to enter the (path), making sure to space the > one space after the path, and the ls -l one space before the (path).

Note when I say (path), the parenthesis never show themselves in the path. That's just there so you know I mean it is a changeable based on which folder you stored it in.

Message was edited by: a brody

Open the Terminal application in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and type in the following:

ls -R

followed by a space; the l in the command is a lowercase L. Next, drag the folders into the Terminal window and press Enter. This command will give you a text list of everything in the folder; you can then copy and paste the list into a text editor. Some reformatting of the text may be necessary.

The Terminal output can be directed to a file by appending text such as:

~/Desktop/content.txt

to the end of the command prior to running it, before the ~, put one or two instances of > followed by a space. Using two > symbols will append an existing file, while using one will overwrite it. The completed command can be put into the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript folder using the following:

do shell script "command"

and saved as an application for easy access.

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