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# List Untracked Files For Scripting
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You'll generally run `git status` to get an overview of the index and working
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tree of a git project. This is a _porcelain_ command meant for a Git end-user.
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If you want to do some scripting, you'll want a _plumbing_ command like
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`ls_files`.
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The `git ls-files` command will
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> Show information about files in the index and the working tree
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This command can be used to list all untracked files in the working tree with
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two flags.
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1. The `--others` flag will show untracked files in the output
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2. The `--exclude-standard` will use the standard ignore files like
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`.gitignore` and `.git/info/exclude`.
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Put it all together and you've got:
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```bash
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$ git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
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```
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In [Make One-Line Commands Interactive with
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fzf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5eXdwfVws), I show how to use this with
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`fzf` to interactively remove untracked files that are no longer wanted.
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[source](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3801554/535590)
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