[SOLVED] how to format output file in linux?

mshlinux · 06-26-2013, 04:13 AM

Everyone here know that ls command shows content in a directory.

let's imagine that I have 001, 002, 003, 004 and 005 files in ~/test directory.
So, if I do this

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$ ls ~/test > mytest.txt

, I get mytest.txt file which reads

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001
002
003
004
005

In this example, I don't want mytest.txt file reads like that. I want mytest.txt file reads like this

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001 002 003 004 005

.
how can I do that. any help please!
I have all man pages of less, grep, cut, diff, etc... commands.
But I couldn't find out which command I can use.
Just everything in my head went messed up

evo2 · 06-26-2013, 04:16 AM

Hi,

Code:

cd ~/test
echo * > ../mytest.txt

Evo2.

mshlinux · 06-26-2013, 04:57 AM

oh! thank you so much.
your command is exactly what I want.