DL
Program to list Amiga files
Written by Jim Garrison
Public Domain
I have missed having a directory listing utility that works similar to
the UNIX ls utility. So I finally got around to writing DL. DL stands for
Directory Lister! You can run DL from CLI only (No workbench). DL uses
UNIX style wildcard characters '*' and '?'. If you invoke DL without any
parameters, it will list your current directory in the short format. In
the short format, DL will try to fit as many names on each line as it can
while maintaining neat columns. In the short format, directory names
will be listed with a '/' appended to it so it's easier to identify.
In the long format, you get the filename, size in bytes, size in blocks,
and the file datestamp. Files are normally sorted alphabetically, but
the long format allows them to be sorted by size and datestamp also.
DL can also search directories recursively (through all subdirectories).
You can stop DL at any time by doing a CNTL-C. You can use I/O redirection
also. DL assumes that the window being output to is 80 columns wide, when
I get a chance, I'll see if I can get it to find out the number of columns
in the window that the output is going to, so it can adjust it's formatting.
The best way to see what DL can do for you is to play with it.
SYNTAX:
dl [-dlsrR?] filemask
Where filemask can be a unix type '*' or '?' wildcard.
Options are:
d - Long listing sorted by date
l - Long listing sorted by filename
s - Long listing sorted by file size
r - Reverse the sort
R - Perform a recursive sort (ie. subdirs)
? - Print this message
Here's some examples of how to use DL:
1> cd ram:
1> dl
dl dl.c dl.lnk listdir.c listdir.h temp
6 files using 28281 bytes (59 blocks).
1> dl -s
temp1 0 1 09/27/1988 20:04:36
dl.lnk 64 1 09/27/1988 20:00:39
temp 113 1 09/27/1988 20:04:25
listdir.h 275 1 09/27/1988 16:36:45
listdir.c 4206 9 09/27/1988 16:49:37
dl.c 11144 22 09/27/1988 19:59:50
dl 12596 25 09/27/1988 20:00:47
7 files using 28398 bytes (60 blocks).
1> dl dh0:devs
devs/
1 files using 0 bytes (0 blocks).
1> dl dh0:devs/
.fastdir clipboard.device clipboards/
keymaps/ Mountlist narrator.device
parallel.device printer.device printers/
serial.device system-configuration
11 files using 57310 bytes (120 blocks).
1> dl -sr dh0:devs/
narrator.device 23280 48 04/15/1988 22:21:19
printer.device 18676 39 04/15/1988 22:21:16
clipboard.device 6672 14 04/15/1988 22:21:12
serial.device 5304 11 04/15/1988 22:20:54
parallel.device 1904 4 04/15/1988 22:21:10
Mountlist 860 2 05/18/1988 21:18:05
.fastdir 382 1 05/14/1988 18:16:18
system-configuration 232 1 05/14/1988 18:16:08
keymaps <DIR> 0 04/15/1988 22:21:07
printers <DIR> 0 04/15/1988 22:21:44
clipboards <DIR> 0 06/07/1988 16:22:51
1> dl -R dh0:devs/*i*
.fastdir clipboard.device clipboards/
Mountlist narrator.device parallel.device
printer.device printers/ serial.device
system-configuration
dh0:devs/printers/
Alphacom_Alphapro_101 Brother_HR-15XL CBM_MPS1000
Diablo_630 Diablo_Advantage_D25 Diablo_C-150
Epson Epson_JX-80 generic
HP_LaserJet HP_LaserJet_PLUS ImagewriterII
Okidata_292 Okidata_92 Okimate_20
Qume_LetterPro_20
dh0:devs/clipboards/
0
27 files using 132626 bytes (281 blocks).
1> dl -R dh0:devs/??i*
clipboard.device clipboards/ printer.device printers/
dh0:devs/printers/
Alphacom_Alphapro_101 Brother_HR-15XL CBM_MPS1000
Diablo_630 Diablo_Advantage_D25 Diablo_C-150
Epson Epson_JX-80 generic
HP_LaserJet HP_LaserJet_PLUS ImagewriterII
Okidata_292 Okidata_92 Okimate_20
Qume_LetterPro_20
dh0:devs/clipboards/
0
21 files using 100664 bytes (214 blocks).
BUGS:
I don't know of any major bugs in DL, but let me know of any you find.
If anyone has any enhancement ideas for DL, please let me know.
Hope you enjoy!
Jim Garrison
Daytime Phone: 408 746-5349
