Data Asset Manager, Drive or Terminal ideas

I have about ten to twenty HDs with various scraps that I've collected over the years. I'd like to organize them, find duplicates (or dump the files for good!).
Anyone know of a good Data Asset manager? Any one use CDFinder?
Is there a way to use Terminal to generate a list of all the files (not folders) on a drive that I could export into Excel or FM and manipulate? (I have nearly zero terminal experience...)
Thanks for any suggestions
D.

Start with a google search for *list files in directory unix* for a Terminal command.

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Hi Andrei, nice to see you around here.
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package com.Gerry.managers.assetManager
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    import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
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internal class SingletonEnforcer
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Jlk51496 wrote:
When I got my computer back and plugged in my hard drive time machine came up asking if I wanted to restore a back up.
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Do you mean this window?
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