How to share the file names of all the files in a folder in Android?

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It is being surprisingly hard to achieve. I've tried so far:

Download file manager apps from Google Play. Unfortunately, "share" shares the files, not the file names. None of them had a option like copy file names
Download backup apps. Unfortunately, none of them backup the file names of a folder.

Any idea to copy to the clipboard or share the file names of all the files of a folder?

Use ls or find command on any terminal emulator app or adb shell. — Irfan Latif, Commented Nov 15, 2019 at 21:12
@IrfanLatif actually I'm searching for an easy way to do it as it's to tell a friend to share the name of the music files of 3 different folders. — chelder, Commented Nov 16, 2019 at 2:24

Irfan Latif · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-16 02:47:35Z

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Do:

~$ find /sdcard/Music/ -type f >/sdcard/list_of_files.txt

Replace Music directory with whatever you want.

answered Nov 16, 2019 at 2:47

Irfan Latif

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Thanks! I think this answer will be useful for a lot of people! For my case though, it has to be a solution that works for my "grandmother"
– chelder
Commented Nov 16, 2019 at 14:14
@chelder if you want app recommendation softwarerecs.stackexchange.com is the right place.
– Irfan Latif
Commented Nov 16, 2019 at 18:54
Thanks! I did not know softwarerecs. I asked here: softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/71427/…
– chelder
Commented Dec 30, 2019 at 21:21

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