How to list all files in directories

Here's what I'd like to do, and I know there's a genius on this forum that knows the answer:
Let's say I burn a disc with lots of folders and files. How could I see a list of all those folders with their included files in one easy to read place? Like, could I go to Terminal and list the contents of the disc in kind of a directory tree sorta layout that could be copied to a text document?
I have several dozen discs of data I've burned over the years, and when I want to find a certain file, I have to open the disc and manually click thru all the folders to see their contents until I find what I'm looking for. I'd like to make an "index" of each disc so I can find things faster, or better, list the folders/files in a text file I could save, 1 per burned disc. Does this make sense. Is this do-able?

That works pretty sweet, too. As with other techniques, a lot of output to filter thru, hard on the eyes, might kill a printer, I dunno. As far as the output itself... what is this command asking for, in English, like, "Ms. Terminal application: please list ..." What? (the " -lR part)
And the results:
/Users/rob/Desktop/Websites/ARP-new content,May 2008/arp new ens/new vert en:
total 752
-rw-r--r-- 1 rob rob 48593 Jun 3 16:28 608v1_en.jpg
What's the "total 752" mean?
What's the "1" in front of the "rob rob" part?
Apparently the date only shows the year if it's other than this year?
I noticed Terminal doesn't like spaces in path names, like "/Users/rob/Desktop/My Best Folder Ever",
should I rename everything like "MyBest_FolderEver", or is there a workaround for name spaces? Just some curiosity. Do you know of a concise, easy to digest guide to commands in the Terminal? It's something I'd like to learn more about. And thanks for the DIRECT answer to my original post.

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(_seb_) wrote:
> not very clever wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been looking around php.net for a bit and can
not work out how
>> i list the files that are in a directory i.e.
>>
>> www.site.com/directory/
>>
>> I would like the names of each file to be placed in
an array, but not
>> to have the sub directories in this list should
there be any.
>>
>> I was given some code a while ago that done this but
it listed the
>> sub directories and i would like them not in this
list.
>>
>> I do not have this code anymore and do not know
where i got it, so i
>> can not get it amended to what i need.
>>
>> please can someone tell me what line of code i
should be using.
>>
>> thank you in advance for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>
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> I made the list of files also link to each file. Just
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>
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