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#1
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ls: displaying the whole path.
GNU/linux kernel 2.6, slackware 12.0
#2
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You can get the display you want with find rather than ls:
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#3
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...or you can do this, which does exactly what the OP wants
ls -d $PWD/*
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#4
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The problem with ls -d $PWD/* is that there are white spaces in the path and it stops after finding the first one. What is the OP?
Last edited by stf92; 06-07-2010 at 08:35 AM .
#5
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OP = Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
arashi256
...or you can do this, which does exactly what the OP wants
ls -d $PWD/*
Actually it isn't "exactly" because he clearly listed one file per line in his desired output. He'd have to do:
ls -1d $PWD/* to get that your way - also it assumes he's sitting in the directory when he runs the command. The find command I listed doesn't require that or the extra option.
Last edited by MensaWater; 06-07-2010 at 09:22 AM .
#7
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Jeez, everyone's a critic
#8
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Actually the find command descend recursively into the directory tree, unless the -maxdepth option is specified:
Code:
find /media/cdrom1 -maxdepth 1
but the same result, as already noticed, can be obtained by means of
Code:
ls -1d /media/cdrom1/*
in this case they are the shell globbin' capabilities that show the full path, that is the actual command executed after glob expansion is
Code:
ls -1d /media/cdrom1/file1 /media/cdrom1/file2 ... /media/cdrom1/fileN
#9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
arashi256
Jeez, everyone's a critic
Me too?!
#10
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-a for all and wildcards
Code:
root@ubuntu:~# cd /
root@ubuntu:/# ls -a
. bin cdrom etc initrd.img media opt rofs sbin sys usr vmlinuz
.. boot dev home lib mnt proc root srv tmp var
root@ubuntu:/# ls -F
bin/ dev/ initrd.img@ mnt/ rofs/ srv/ usr/
boot/ etc/ lib/ opt/ root/ sys/ var/
cdrom/ home/ media/ proc/ sbin/ tmp/ vmlinuz@
root@ubuntu:/# ls -l
insgesamt 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1649 2008-12-04 13:33 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 209 2008-12-04 13:34 boot
dr-xr-xr-x 20 root root 6144 2009-01-14 08:30 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 14820 2010-06-08 00:39 dev
drwxr-xr-x 109 root root 700 2010-06-08 00:46 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 2010-06-08 00:38 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2008-12-04 13:14 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3097 2008-12-04 13:33 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 39 2008-10-29 22:09 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-20 12:27 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-29 21:59 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 148 root root 0 2010-06-08 00:38 proc
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 245 2008-12-04 13:35 rofs
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 2010-06-08 00:42 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2468 2008-12-04 13:33 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-29 21:59 srv
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 2010-06-08 00:38 sys
drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 240 2010-06-08 00:46 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 80 2008-10-29 22:04 usr
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 149 2008-10-29 22:07 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2008-12-04 13:15 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root@ubuntu:/# ls -aFl
insgesamt 6
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 300 2010-06-08 00:38 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 300 2010-06-08 00:38 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1649 2008-12-04 13:33 bin/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 209 2008-12-04 13:34 boot/
dr-xr-xr-x 20 root root 6144 2009-01-14 08:30 cdrom/
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 14820 2010-06-08 00:39 dev/
drwxr-xr-x 109 root root 700 2010-06-08 00:46 etc/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 2010-06-08 00:38 home/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2008-12-04 13:14 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3097 2008-12-04 13:33 lib/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 39 2008-10-29 22:09 media/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-20 12:27 mnt/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-29 21:59 opt/
dr-xr-xr-x 148 root root 0 2010-06-08 00:38 proc/
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 245 2008-12-04 13:35 rofs/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 2010-06-08 00:42 root/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2468 2008-12-04 13:33 sbin/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-29 21:59 srv/
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 2010-06-08 00:38 sys/
drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 240 2010-06-08 00:46 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 80 2008-10-29 22:04 usr/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 149 2008-10-29 22:07 var/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2008-12-04 13:15 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root@ubuntu:/# ls -aFl /var/*
/var/backups:
insgesamt 2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28 2008-10-29 21:59 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1795 2008-10-29 22:09 infodir.bak
/var/log:
insgesamt 2104
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 560 2010-06-08 00:39 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-09 00:10 apparmor/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 4224 2010-06-08 00:39 wtmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 2008-10-29 22:09 wvdialconf.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337860 2010-06-08 02:06 Xorg.0.log
/var/mail:
insgesamt 0
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 3 2008-10-29 21:59 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
/var/opt:
insgesamt 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2008-10-29 21:59 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
/var/run:
insgesamt 48
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 620 2010-06-08 00:46 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2010-06-08 00:39 xauth/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 2010-06-08 00:39 xdmctl/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2008-12-04 13:15 mail -> ../mail/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 29 2008-10-29 22:05 openoffice/
/var/tmp:
insgesamt 0
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 60 2010-06-08 00:39 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 160 2008-10-29 22:07 ../
drwx------ 3 root root 100 2010-06-08 00:42 kdecache-root/
drwx------ 8 ubuntu ubuntu 240 2010-06-07 22:47 kdecache-ubuntu/
root@ubuntu:/#
Code:
root@ubuntu:/# find /tmp/*
/tmp/adept.debconf
/tmp/kde-root
/tmp/kdesudo-Ti8220-xauth
/tmp/ksocket-ubuntu/kdeinit4__0
/tmp/ssh-OZqhxL7592
/tmp/ssh-OZqhxL7592/agent.7592
root@ubuntu:/#
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#11
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Very useful your post, Karl Godt. By the way, I assume there's no way that ls displays only directory names. I always do this combining ls with some tool like grep, but to have it done by means of ls alone would be the ideal, I think. And if it cannot be done, then I think the Unix command ls lacks some functionality. Cheers.
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