directories first in ls display?
 

Hi,

I am having trouble fuguring out how to issue the 'ls' command so that the directories are listed first.

Also, I would like to use the 'ls' command to sort by file extension.

Can anyone help with these (probably simple!) pieces of syntax?

Regards,

Geoff.

Hi,

I think
$> ls -X
is what you're looking for. (Don't forget to capitalize the X.)

Götz

Hi,

Thanks for the help.

Yes, the command 'ls -lX' displays the files in order by their extension.

Any idea how to get the directories to list first?

Regards,

Geoff.

:scratch: not sure if there's a flag for ls for that

you could always capitalize the dir's and keep files lowercase.....

ls --group-directories-first
 

Hi hi. Is this what you're looking for?

By the way, if my directories *are* capiltalised, then how do i use the ls command to sort alphabetically with capitals first, before lowercase? Default ls sorting seems to ignore capitals. (Just curious).

I guess it would have been if ls 4 years ago had had that switch.

By setting your collate order to C.

Cheers,
Tink


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Cheers,
Tink

directory listing
 

a simple listing of all directories immediately under pwd...

find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d

more information about those directories (I have this command aliased in .bash_profile)...

ls -l | grep ^d

:-)

*cough*
 

wow Tink you're right....this thread is a bit dusty....

apologies
 

sorry, first post in a forum --- i'm (obviously) not versed on the etiquette. found it on a google search when looking for the same problem... thought i might be helpful to the question poser by posting what i'd found. but, ahem, apparently not.

thanks for the replies anyhoo. next time (if i get up the courage to post something again) i will look at the date.

No worries - that's what the corrective feed-back is there for ;}

Well, we'll find out should the original poster re-appear. :}

Oh please ... don't let me discourage you!


Cheers,
Tink