How to format the output of ls?

linux bash

You can use printf and shell globbing rather than attempt to format ls output.

Try something like:

$ printf '    %s \\\n' *.h    a.h \    b.h \    c.h \

ls is really meant as an "interactive" tool for humans, avoid using it for anything else.

linux bash

ls -1 *.h | sed 's/^/    /' | sed 's/$/ \\/'

Alternatively, you could say:

ls -1 *.h | sed 's/.*/    & \\/'

linux bash

see

find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -iname "*" -printf "%h,%f,%CY-%Cm-%Cd %CT,%s,%u,%M\n"

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