Requesting shell script that only outputs directories that contain subdirectories

cyrilic · 01-07-2010, 06:02 PM

Hi.

I'm a linux noob, but I'm learning.

I have a directory that has about 5,000+ folders in it and I'd like to run a script that outputs any directory that contains a subdirectory. This folder is in constant flux so it would help me out.

Thanks!

bartonski · 01-07-2010, 06:26 PM

If you are trying to see the sub directories of /home/me/big_directory,

Code:

( cd /home/me/big_directory; find . -type d )

whizje · 01-07-2010, 07:17 PM

find . -mindepth 2 -and -maxdepth 2 -and -type d -printf %h'\n' | uniq

. find all files in currrent directory
-mindepth 2 minimal 2 subdirectories
-maxdepth 2 maximal 2 subdirectories
-type d found file must be a directory
-printf %h print leading subdirectory
'\n' carriage return
| uniq pipe to uniq to print the directories with subdirectories ones

this doesn't work with directories with spaces in the name.