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Re: ls and directories only



On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:04:16AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 at 16:41 GMT, Tom penned:
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:32:27AM -0600, Lynn W wrote:
> >> I know this must be a silly question, but I have tried looking at the
> >> man and the --help and could not find it:
> >> 
> >> How does one use the ls command to display just the directories'
> >> names, and suppress those which are not directories? In MS-DOS, it
> >> was dir /ad
> >> 
> >> Doing ls -ld * does not do it as it only displays the files in the
> >> current directory.
> >> 
> >> Thanks!  Lynn
> >> 
> > 
> > I use "find -type f" for that.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I think you mean 'find . -type d' ?

Yeah, I realized it when I typed it.  I do that so frequently in email 
-- think one thing and type another.  I'm so 
left-handed/right-brained/visual/nonlinear thinker it's hopeless :-)



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