bug#40904: listing multiple subdirectories places filenames in different columns between each subdirectory

2020-04-27 Thread Paul Eggert
On 4/27/20 7:36 AM, Jim Clark wrote: > When I list a hard drive "ls -AR > list.txt" and import it into Libreoffice > Calc, then break the lines using "text-to-columns", I am not able to > perform a fixed format break so that the filenames are placed in their own > column. I can't reproduce the pro

bug#40903: the "ls -R *.pdf" command does not search recursively only current dir

2020-04-27 Thread Eric Blake
tag 40903 notabug thanks On 4/27/20 9:25 AM, Jim Clark wrote: Greetings, I found the ls command when used with a pattern does not search recursively. ls -R *.pdf only searches the current directory and not recursively. You are forgetting that globs expand prior to invoking ls. What you hav

bug#40904: listing multiple subdirectories places filenames in different columns between each subdirectory

2020-04-27 Thread Jim Clark
Greetings, When I list a hard drive "ls -AR > list.txt" and import it into Libreoffice Calc, then break the lines using "text-to-columns", I am not able to perform a fixed format break so that the filenames are placed in their own column. It seems like, when listing all subdirectories the largest

bug#40903: the "ls -R *.pdf" command does not search recursively only current dir

2020-04-27 Thread Jim Clark
Greetings, I found the ls command when used with a pattern does not search recursively. ls -R *.pdf only searches the current directory and not recursively. -- Thank you, Jim Clark