ls for mplayer playlist

[vh-bil]

I know how to use ls to output a playlist for mplayer if all the files are in the same directory but I was wondering if there was a way to do this recursive.

[Jonathan183]

Does -R option help? if not how exactly are you producing the list?

[D-cat]

I haven't tried it, but perhaps the find command could be helpful?

[vh-bil]

Does -R option help? if not how exactly are you producing the list?

this option does not work as it lists the folder then the files inside.

[vh-bil]

I haven't tried it, but perhaps the find command could be helpful?

I just do not know how to use this command recursively.

[D-cat]

It is recursive by default. Use grep to narrow your results to what's relevent.

find | grep -i avi > avilist.pls

will list all files in current directory notation ("./") from the current directory and all subdirectories with "avi" in the file or path name (case insensitive) and direct them to a file in the current directory called avilist.pls . The file may need some post editing in any text editor, but it'll make a reasonable quick and dirty playlist file.