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03-30-2017, 01:01 PM
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Listing files in terminal
Hello
Please help me to list files in following way. Some I know, but others I don't know how to achieve.
- List all files and folders including hidden
- List only hidden files and folders
- List only folders (not hidden)
- List only folders (hidden only)
- List only files (not hidden) -- Don't know
- List only files (hidden) -- Don't know
- List all files (hidden and not-hidden) -- Don't know
Please help me for last three options in listing. I want to do this only through ls command. No other command or through grep or any other pipes.
1.List all files and folders including hidden
Code:
$ ls -lA
total 46856
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 2707 Mar 30 20:55 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 18 Aug 2 2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 193 Aug 2 2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 274 Mar 30 14:05 .bashrc
drwx------. 21 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:23 .cache
drwxr-xr-x. 25 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 20:57 .config
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Desktop
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 1542196 Feb 24 15:20 DM Multipath.pdf
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 20:12 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 238 Mar 30 21:28 Downloads
drwx------. 5 2dd 2dd 164 Mar 30 20:57 .dropbox
drwx------. 8 2dd 2dd 168 Mar 30 20:57 Dropbox
drwxr-xr-x. 3 2dd 2dd 71 Mar 30 20:49 .dropbox-dist
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 16 Mar 30 13:08 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x. 4 2dd 2dd 4096 Feb 24 18:55 .FRD
drwxr-xr-x. 24 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 19:41 .gimp-2.8
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 18 Mar 30 15:43 .gnome
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 98 Mar 30 21:32 .gnupg
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 2802 Mar 30 18:12 .ICEauthority
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 13:08 .local
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 13197684 Feb 24 15:20 Logical Volume Manager Administration.pdf
drwxr-xr-x. 5 2dd 2dd 54 Mar 30 13:49 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Pictures
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 15:43 .pki
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Public
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 8304590 Feb 24 15:20 Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Networking_Guide-en-US.pdf
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 24871779 Feb 24 15:20 Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-System_Administrators_Guide-en-US.pdf
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:49 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 26 Mar 30 19:26 Templates
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 48 Mar 30 20:42 .thunderbird
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 392 Mar 30 16:28 .tmux.conf
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Videos
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 3638 Mar 30 20:09 .viminfo
-rw-rw-r--. 1 2dd 2dd 26 Mar 30 15:58 .Xresources
2.List only hidden files and folders
Code:
$ ls -ld .*
drwx------. 24 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:22 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 19 Mar 30 13:05 ..
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 2707 Mar 30 20:55 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 18 Aug 2 2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 193 Aug 2 2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 274 Mar 30 14:05 .bashrc
drwx------. 21 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:23 .cache
drwxr-xr-x. 25 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 20:57 .config
drwx------. 5 2dd 2dd 164 Mar 30 20:57 .dropbox
drwxr-xr-x. 3 2dd 2dd 71 Mar 30 20:49 .dropbox-dist
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 16 Mar 30 13:08 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x. 4 2dd 2dd 4096 Feb 24 18:55 .FRD
drwxr-xr-x. 24 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 19:41 .gimp-2.8
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 18 Mar 30 15:43 .gnome
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 98 Mar 30 21:32 .gnupg
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 2802 Mar 30 18:12 .ICEauthority
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 13:08 .local
drwxr-xr-x. 5 2dd 2dd 54 Mar 30 13:49 .mozilla
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 15:43 .pki
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:49 .ssh
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 48 Mar 30 20:42 .thunderbird
-rw-r--r--. 1 2dd 2dd 392 Mar 30 16:28 .tmux.conf
-rw-------. 1 2dd 2dd 3638 Mar 30 20:09 .viminfo
-rw-rw-r--. 1 2dd 2dd 26 Mar 30 15:58 .Xresources
3.List only folders (not hidden)
Code:
$ ls -ld */
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Desktop/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 17 Mar 30 21:42 Documents/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 238 Mar 30 21:28 Downloads/
drwx------. 8 2dd 2dd 168 Mar 30 20:57 Dropbox/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Music/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Pictures/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Public/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 26 Mar 30 19:26 Templates/
drwxr-xr-x. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:08 Videos/
4.List only folders (hidden only)
Code:
$ ls -ld .*/
drwx------. 24 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:22 ./
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 19 Mar 30 13:05 ../
drwx------. 21 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:23 .cache/
drwxr-xr-x. 26 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 21:42 .config/
drwx------. 5 2dd 2dd 164 Mar 30 20:57 .dropbox/
drwxr-xr-x. 3 2dd 2dd 71 Mar 30 20:49 .dropbox-dist/
drwxr-xr-x. 4 2dd 2dd 4096 Feb 24 18:55 .FRD/
drwxr-xr-x. 24 2dd 2dd 4096 Mar 30 19:41 .gimp-2.8/
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 18 Mar 30 15:43 .gnome/
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 98 Mar 30 21:32 .gnupg/
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 13:08 .local/
drwxr-xr-x. 5 2dd 2dd 54 Mar 30 13:49 .mozilla/
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 19 Mar 30 15:43 .pki/
drwx------. 2 2dd 2dd 6 Mar 30 13:49 .ssh/
drwx------. 3 2dd 2dd 48 Mar 30 20:42 .thunderbird/
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by ddenial; 03-30-2017 at 01:42 PM.
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03-30-2017, 01:05 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2013
Posts: 19,872
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i'd start by reading anything that's still unclear after that, we'll be happy to give you hints (but won't actually do your homework for you). |
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03-30-2017, 01:17 PM
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Registered: Dec 2016
Distribution: CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 359
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ondoho
i'd start by reading anything that's still unclear after that, we'll be happy to give you hints (but won't actually do your homework for you). |
Home work?  Believe me I finished my education some decades ago. 
I did go through man pages, but couldn't find it. So I thought its more probably about globbing thing.
I can go through man pages again if you think I can get answers, no problem about that.
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03-30-2017, 01:29 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2005
Distribution: Linux Mint, Devuan, OpenBSD
Posts: 7,597
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The manual page for ls is long and detailed, so it will take several readings.
The glob page is a bit hidden. It is in the 7th section, which is hidden by the glob in the 3rd.
Code:
man glob
man 7 glob
man 3 glob
grep might be involved in some of the last tasks you list.
Last edited by Turbocapitalist; 03-30-2017 at 01:31 PM.
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03-30-2017, 01:32 PM
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Registered: Mar 2015
Distribution: Linux Mint
Posts: 634
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Edit:
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I want to do this only through ls command.
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Whoops, missed that part
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List all files including hidden
List all files (hidden and not-hidden)
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What's the difference here?
In any case, you can use find to have some more control with listing files in the terminal
Quote:
List all files including hidden
List only hidden files and folders
List only folders (not hidden)
List only folders (hidden only)
List only files (not hidden) -- Don't know
List only files (hidden) -- Don't know
List all files (hidden and not-hidden) -- Don't know
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List all files including hidden
List only hidden files and folders
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname '.*'
List only folders (not hidden)
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -iname '.*'
List only folders (hidden only)
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -iname '.*'
List only files (not hidden)
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -not -iname '.*'
List only files (hidden)
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname '.*'
List all files (hidden and not-hidden)
Last edited by Sefyir; 03-30-2017 at 01:35 PM.
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03-30-2017, 01:32 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
Posts: 9,374
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Listing files is easy.
Start by not calling them "folders".
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03-30-2017, 01:36 PM
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Registered: Dec 2016
Distribution: CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist
The manual page for ls is long and detailed, so it will take several readings.
The glob page is a bit hidden. It is in the 7th section, which is hidden by the glob in the 3rd.
Code:
man glob
man 7 glob
man 3 glob
grep might be involved in some of the last tasks you list. |
Interesting, Thanks. I'll go through it.
@Sefyir, thanks, but I know how to do this in find command. I also know by using grep, I can get what I want. I want to do this explicitly by using ls command.
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03-30-2017, 01:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sefyir
What's the difference here?
List all files including hidden
List all files (hidden and not-hidden)
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Sorry about that. I have corrected it now. Thanks |
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