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Generate the qdt-files.json index file

Typically on Ubuntu 22.04

Install tree > 2:

sudo apt install tree

Check version:

tree --version

Run it:

# move to your QDT profiles folder. Here we take the QDT repository as example:
cd examples/
# generate the qdt-files.json
tree --gitignore -D -J --prune -s --timefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z" -o qdt-files.json .

Detailed explanation:

  • tree: command that displays the directory tree structure.

  • --gitignore: apply gitignore-style rules to exclude files and directories.

  • -D: print the modification time for each file or directory.

  • -J: output the directory tree in JSON format.

  • --prune: do not include empty folders

  • -s: print the size of each file.

  • --timefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z": specify the time format as ISO8601 with UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

  • -o qdt-files.json: save the output to a file named ‘qdt-files.json’.

  • .: specify the current directory as the starting point for the tree.