Re: a hopefully simple ls command question?

From	Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
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Subject	Re: a hopefully simple ls command question?
Date	2026-05-17 01:00 +0200
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Karen Lewellen wrote: 
> My goal is clear text, that my screen reader can manage, when I use its own
> review mode.
> Does that make more sense?
> My goals are very tight, as I want to locate a file I saved within this
> small window, with screen output that my talking computer manages.

This makes sense. We are handicapped by not having experience
with your precise tools, so we are trying to explain all the
tools that might do what you require.

I have found in many situations that I want to store files in a
directory tree rather than a single directory:

/home/files/2026/05/12/acorn.txt
/home/files/2026/05/12/mighty-oak.txt

and if I then want to compile a file which is the sum of every
note about project mighty-oak, I use

cat 2026/*/*/mighty-oak.txt >> current-mighty-oak.txt

The >> symbols cause the various files to all be added to the
receiving file, rather than each one replacing it.

I would use a simple shell script to create today's directory if
it does not already exist:

#!/bin/sh
$TODAY=`date +%Y/%m/%d`
mkdir -p /home/files/$TODAY

On the other hand, if you routinely put dates inside your text
files, you could use

grep -rl 20250417 *txt

Will look for the date 20250417 in every file in the current
directory tree with a txt extension, and print their names.

I hope these ideas help.

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