Darragh wrote:
> Hello,
> this is probably a very basic question but is there an arguement that I can
> use with ls or another command to show a directory list in one columb? i.e.
> I don't want more than one file or directory per line.
pr is a general way to format things.
For example:
ls -F | pr -T1 -W$COLUMNS
Add a -J if you want names longer than 40 to wrap to the next line.
Change the 1 to 2 to have 2 column output.
You could add a bash alias for this like:
alias l='/bin/ls -F | pr -T1 -W$COLUMNS'
> Finally I'd like to know how to space listings so if a file name was less
> than 40 characters another file or directry name was shown in the next 40
> chunk.
I don't know the layout of your cell display.
How is this requirement different from 1 file name per line?
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