[ILUG] displaying directory listings

[P at draigBrady.com]

P at draigBrady.com wrote:
> P at draigBrady.com wrote:
> 
>>
>> l() { cols=$1; width=`expr $cols '*' 40`; /bin/ls -F | pr -T$cols \ 
>> -W$width; }
>>
>> To display 1 column listing you issue "l 1" and for 4 columns "l 4"
> 
> 
> Oops you probably want to add the -a option to pr above
> so that the columns print across rather than down.

Also the following script would list one line
per letter, which may be easier to navigate?

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
letters={}
for path in os.popen("ls -F").readlines():
     path=path.strip()
     letters.setdefault(path[0].lower(),[]).append(path)
for letter in letters:
     for path in letters[letter]:
         print "%-38s"%path[0:39],
     print

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