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July 15, 2025 17:39
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a bash/terminal script to index the contents of a volume into a TXT file. tested on macOS.
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| # usage ./index-volume.sh "Photos 2017-08" | |
| # ... will index the list of files from "/Volumes/Photos 2017-08" | |
| # ... to ~/Desktop/volumes/Photos 2017-08.txt | |
| set -e # stop the script if any command fails with a non-zero exit code | |
| mkdir -p ~/Desktop/volumes | |
| ls -R "/Volumes/$1" > ~/Desktop/volumes/"$1.txt" | |
| cat ~/Desktop/volumes/"$1.txt" | |
| drutil eject external |
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