Ubuntu - how do I do a bald listing format of all files and folders in subfolder?

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If I were using DOS, I'd type this:
dir /s /b *.* > files.txt

and get this result:

C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderA
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderB
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderC
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderD
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderA&#92;NewTextDocument.txt
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderA&#92;picture.bmp
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderA&#92;readme.txt
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderA&#92;word.doc
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderB&#92;readme.txt
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderB&#92;word.doc
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderC&#92;picture.bmp
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderD&#92;NewTextDocument.txt
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderD&#92;picture.bmp
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderD&#92;readme.txt
C:&#92;Example&#92;FolderD&#92;word.doc

Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu?  I can't seem to find appropriate parameters and keep getting the folder name followed by the files on the next line and then the next folder, etc.

Thanks.

jplatt39 · Accepted Answer

I just got this answer:

"@OP, if you really want to use ls, then format its output using awk

ls -R /path | awk '
/:$/&&f{s=$0;f=0}
/:$/&&!f{sub(/:$/,"");s=$0;f=1;next}
NF&&f{ print s"/"$0 }'
"

It's from here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1767384/ls-command-how-can-i-get-a-recursive-full-path-listing-one-line-per-file

Being on slackware (yes I am an old fossil) I have no idea whether Ubuntu installs awk by default or not.  If not you can get it from the repositories though.  No you can't do it just with ls.  Do a man ls and you won't find the word path anywhere in the documentation.  You'll have to pipe the output through awk.

By the way, for /path substitute the path to the directories you want: /home/user for example.

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