how to view only directories with ls

LinuxLover · 08-15-2006, 05:01 AM

hello

I want to list only directories (not files) in my current directory with ls command which switch will be used ?

#ls -????

b0uncer · 08-15-2006, 05:04 AM

Code:

ls -d

lsd, of course

Of course you would have learned that by reading a few lines from

Code:

man ls

So NEXT TIME please read the man page first...

jschiwal · 08-15-2006, 05:54 AM

Use "ls */ -d"
or
"find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d"

koodoo · 08-16-2006, 10:46 AM

Here's another one:

Code:

ls -l | grep ^d

Daws · 08-16-2006, 05:49 PM

Just thought I'd add that if you want to know the size of what they contain use:

Code:

du -h --max-depth 1

ZachFSW · 09-15-2006, 11:55 AM

I would suggest using anything but the very first suggestion

Code:

ls */ -d

The difference between that - and the other three is pretty clear.

[HTML]root@zach [~]# ls -d */
chkrootkit// cpanel3-skel// down// mytop// public_ftp// public_html// work//[/HTML]

Code:

root@zach [~]# find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d
./
./.cpmysqlrpm
./.spamassassin
./cpanel3-skel
./.MirrorSearch
./work
./.wapi
./down
./public_html
./mytop
./.cpcpan
./chkrootkit
./.cpobjcache
./.cpanel-datastore
./.gnupg
./.gconfd
./public_ftp
./.ssh

Code:

root@zach [~]# du -h --max-depth 1
332K    ./.cpmysqlrpm
20K     ./.spamassassin
12K     ./cpanel3-skel
268K    ./.MirrorSearch
440M    ./work
4.0K    ./.wapi
80K     ./down
8.0K    ./public_html
236K    ./mytop
1.1M    ./.cpcpan
348K    ./chkrootkit
16K     ./.cpobjcache
40K     ./.cpanel-datastore
120K    ./.gnupg
4.0K    ./.gconfd
4.0K    ./public_ftp
8.0K    ./.ssh
450M    .

Code:

root@zach [~]# ls -l | grep ^d
drwxrwxrwx  19 nobody root    143360 Sep 15 10:00 ./
drwxrwxrwx  36 root   root      4096 Sep  4 10:57 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root      4096 Jul 27 14:39 chkrootkit/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root   root      4096 Apr 19 11:01 cpanel3-skel/
drwx------   2 root   root      4096 Jul 20 12:27 .cpanel-datastore/
drwx------   3 root   root      4096 Aug 10 18:29 .cpcpan/
drwx------   3 root   root      4096 Apr 19 07:12 .cpmysqlrpm/
drwx------   3 root   root      4096 Apr 19 22:55 .cpobjcache/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root     77824 Jul 11 09:21 down/
drwx------   2 root   root      4096 Apr 19 00:04 .gconfd/
drwx------   2 root   root      4096 Aug 10 18:36 .gnupg/
drwx------   8 root   root      4096 Apr 21 13:33 .MirrorSearch/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root      4096 May  3 19:06 mytop/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root      4096 Apr 19 07:22 public_ftp/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   root      4096 Apr 19 07:22 public_html/
drwx------   2 root   root      4096 May 27 00:12 .spamassassin/
drwx------   2 root   root      4096 Apr 19 11:00 .ssh/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root      4096 May 26 14:22 .wapi/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root      4096 Aug  8 17:28 work/