ls, dirs first, files later

TroelsSmit · 05-31-2004, 06:09 AM

Hi,

how do I list the contents of a directory so the directories are first listed, and later files ?

Thanks,
Troels

flamah · 05-31-2004, 06:12 AM

maybe ls -d
?

TroelsSmit · 05-31-2004, 06:28 AM

No I have tried that, and it does not seem to work.

zeropash · 05-31-2004, 09:53 AM

if you are using bash write a function like this
zeropash@zeropash$ function myls() { find $1 -maxdepth 1 -type d; find $1 -maxdepth 1 -type f; }
zeropash@zeropash$ myls firefox
does this help?
if you want write a script

and use it

TroelsSmit · 05-31-2004, 11:47 AM

The find function truly does what I wanted - exept for:
1. It doesn't know how to put color if it finds a directoroy
2. I don't want to find files starting with a '.'

Something like: ls -gotpUXh |less
but listing directories first would be awesome.
- sorry for bothering everyone with this question, but I really don't understand why ls doesn't have this option.

Thanks