PDF File Listing
February 14th, 2007
Your Mac can do it. Windows users have been wanting this for a long time. Maybe Vista has it?
You want to print a list of the files in a folder. It’s easy. Watch the screencast to see how. If you don’t have a printer in your Sidebar you should watch Stupid Sidebar Tricks.
There’s also a MurphyMac screencast about generating a list of files in the Terminal. From there you can simply print the text file.
Click Watch Now to see the screencast on making a pdf.
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February 14th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Awesome trick! Very, very useful! Thanks very much!
February 15th, 2007 at 11:56 am
I create a new plain text file in TextEdit, and then command-A, drag all the files into the text file. Then you can copy that text and make it look pretty if you want to print it out and, say, make a quick CD cover.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I wish you could get a list of the subfolders’ contents as well. Too bad you can’t just print the actual window as it looks in the finder (not a screenshot, but a file list with any expanded subfolders showing).
February 15th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Thats a pretty good trick. Its nice and easy.
Lewis: I just wrote up a quick blog with instructions on how to get subfolder contents to print. http://gummibearheads.com/2007/02/15/pdf-file-listing/
To summarize it, you use the “ls” command in a terminal window.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
There’s a screencast on this site about using Terminal for listing files and printing. I don’t remember if it covered subfolders though.
http://murphymac.com/print-a-list-of-your-files/
If it didn’t, take a look at the screencast on DF and DU. That should help. http://murphymac.com/terminal-thursday-disk-space/
-Murph
February 16th, 2007 at 6:23 am
This is a good trick…..
Thanks for the inspiration…
But it is not the print window command we used to have in os9 (and earlier)…..
Am I the only one who wants that back?
February 16th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Flash videos will not play for me.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Sorry to hear that benglett. You’re the first person to have reported this since the site went up in November.