How do I recursively list the contents of all files in a repository (extension-agnostic) into a single text file?

Question

I know that using "ls -R ." in bash you can recursively list the filenames.

Can I use some similar command to list the contents of each file just the way their names are displayed using the ls command. I mean to a single file or stream like the standard output.

Is there a way I can format the output from such a command? Like say, add something like a few blank lines between the contents of each of the files for better readbility?

Answer 1

Create a meta-script with find and pipe it to sh.

$ find /home/jaroslav/tmp/su/  2>/dev/null \
    -printf 'echo -e \\\\n\\\\n%p\ncat "%p"\n' |sh

out:

/home/jaroslav/tmp/su/
cat: /home/jaroslav/tmp/su/: Is a directory


/home/jaroslav/tmp/su/diff.tar.gz
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/home/jaroslav/tmp/su/while
while read line; do
    login=$(echo $line | cut -d : -f 1)
        echo $login
done < /etc/passwd

Answer 2

find . -type f | while read file;
do
  # Here you can do whatever you like
  # Like output a few empty lines
  echo
  echo

  # output filename
  echo $file      
  # this prints the contents of the file to STD OUT
  cat $file;

done > targetfile