Command to get complete list of file under a directory?

Question

I need a simple way to generate a list of file in a folder (and subfolder) in a linux shell.
I am using
dir -1 -R > filelist.txt
but it only give me the file names in each folder,
.folder1:
file1.txt
file2.txt
I need the full path to the files like
folder1/file1.txt
folder1/file1.txt
folder1/subfolder2/file3.txt

I must be missing something simple.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

dir is usually a command just for windows users who cant remember the ls (list) command. And I could probably find a way to do it but I think for what you want the find command might work better.

find . >filelist.txt
(be sure to include that period after find. That means "starting here")

Answer 2

Your defaulting on your information folder. you are able to substitute force letters like "D:" and you are able to return a folder like so "cd.." so sort "cd.." with out the parentheses hit enter, and repeat. Dir lists all information in folder you're in. cd "folder call" is going right into a folder. cd.. is going back a folder