Is there a native way to copy a list of filenames from finder?

[JayElDee]

I am using 12.5.1. I wish to copywrite some photos. The copywrite office (.gov) is requesting a list of the filenames I wish to copywrite.
Is there a native way to do this, ie to copy a list of hundreds of filenames from finder, or is a third party app necessary?
Thanks

 

[HDFan]

You can do it in terminal. For some reasons the paste here has adds extra lines which I didn't take the time to delete. Hopefully the names you used are unique.

cd /path to folder with files
me$ ls


IMG00001.jpg IMG00009.jpg IMG00017.jpg IMG00025.jpg IMG00033.jpg


IMG00002.jpg IMG00010.jpg IMG00018.jpg IMG00026.jpg IMG00034.jpg


IMG00003.jpg IMG00011.jpg IMG00019.jpg IMG00027.jpg IMG00035.jpg


IMG00004.jpg IMG00012.jpg IMG00020.jpg IMG00028.jpg IMG00036.jpg


IMG00005.jpg IMG00013.jpg IMG00021.jpg IMG00029.jpg


IMG00006.jpg IMG00014.jpg IMG00022.jpg IMG00030.jpg


IMG00007.jpg IMG00015.jpg IMG00023.jpg IMG00031.jpg


IMG00008.jpg IMG00016.jpg IMG00024.jpg IMG00032.jpg


me$ ls > test


me$ cat test


IMG00001.jpg


IMG00002.jpg


IMG00003.jpg


IMG00004.jpg


IMG00005.jpg


IMG00006.jpg


IMG00007.jpg


IMG00008.jpg


IMG00009.jpg


IMG00010.jpg


IMG00011.jpg


IMG00012.jpg


IMG00013.jpg


IMG00014.jpg


IMG00015.jpg


IMG00016.jpg


IMG00017.jpg


IMG00018.jpg


IMG00019.jpg


IMG00020.jpg


IMG00021.jpg


IMG00022.jpg


IMG00023.jpg


IMG00024.jpg


IMG00025.jpg


IMG00026.jpg


IMG00027.jpg


IMG00028.jpg


IMG00029.jpg


IMG00030.jpg


IMG00031.jpg


IMG00032.jpg


IMG00033.jpg


IMG00034.jpg


IMG00035.jpg


IMG00036.jpg


test

 

[Tagbert]

In finder, select and copy the files. Then paste into any text editor. It will paste the file names.

You can use TextEdit for that.
Open TextEdit
Start a new file
In Format, choose “make plain text file”.
Then past the files.
They should be just the names.

If you don’t have a plain text file, it will try to insert the images into the document.

When you paste from the clipboard, programs can choose to get different formats out of the data. By switching to a plain text file, the only paste format compatible is the plain text names of the files.

 

[Slartibart]

or you select all files in the Finder and drag&drop them into a document window.
As others already pointed out, it’s possible that depending on the target program not just the names are added - using a text editor like BBEdit even in »free mode« will do.

 

[bogdanw]

I use the TextEdit method mention above, but it can also be achieved from Terminal:

cd ~/Pictures    
ls >> ~/Desktop/filelist.txt
open -e ~/Desktop/filelist.txt

 

[JayElDee]

Thanks, lots to try.
Appreciate the help

 

[Tagbert]

Thanks, lots to try.
Appreciate the help

One more option but it depends on which paste options the application you are using supports.

Some apps, MS Office for instance, support alternate paste modes. In Word you can chose to “paste as text”. That will shortcut some of the manual steps.

 

[JayElDee]

Open TextEdit
Start a new file
In Format, choose “make plain text file”.
Then past the files.
They should be just the names.

That did it, thanks! It is critical to choose "make plain text files," DAMHIK