Fastest way to create a JSON file containg all the file names in a directory

Question

I have a directory with a huge number of large files, several hundred gigabytes. I want a JSON file containing the filenames of all said files. Some of these files are in folders. I would appreciate some help in figuring out the fastest way to do so.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '22 at 07:21

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tree -J > output.json

is one of the fastest ways to create a JSON file containing all the file names in a directory.

From man tree:

-J

Turn on JSON output. Outputs the directory tree as an JSON formatted array.

answered Jul 15 '22 at 07:21

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Fastest way to create a JSON file containg all the file names in a directory

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