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xscousr 09-21-2003 07:40 PM
list only files in current directory
 
i need to figure out how to list only the files in a current dir

e.g.

say i'm in /tmp

in /tmp there is /sub1 /sub2 file1 file2 file3

i need to know how to use either find /tmp -type f or ls to list only the files in /tmp - not the sub-dir's or their contents on the output just file1 file2 file3

how do i do this?

tia

MasterC 09-21-2003 08:44 PM
ls

This is the command to list files in any given directory.

Cool

xscousr 09-21-2003 09:05 PM
yeah, but it also lists the directories. I need a switch or a way to list the files, and only the files in a given directory. I need this to use the output as a variable in a script.

files=`find ${DIR} -type f `
for files in ${files}
do

" i need to know how to use either find /tmp -type f or ls to list only the files in /tmp - not the sub-dir's or their contents"

MasterC 09-22-2003 01:10 AM
I see ;) I don't know how easy that'll be as Linux sees both Files and Directories all as Files. I'll move this to Programming as it's not related to Redhat, and you'll likely get a better response there.

Moving to Programming

Cool

m0rl0ck 09-22-2003 01:40 AM
What about just:
ls -a|grep -v "/"

SaTaN 09-22-2003 02:29 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by m0rl0ck
What about just:
ls -a|grep -v "/"
But "." and ".." will also be displayed which are directories....

I suppose this would do it fo you

ls -l | grep -v "^d" | awk '{print $9}'

or if you want to eliminate even links n other stuff and want only
regular files....
then this should do it for you

ls -l | grep "^-" | awk '{print $9}'

megaspaz 09-22-2003 02:55 AM
how about a little bash script?

Code:
#!/bin/bash

if [ -n "$1" ]
then
        for files in `ls -a $1`
        do
                if [ -f "$files" ]
                then
                        echo "$files"
                fi
        done
else
        echo "You didn't specify a directory"
fi

exit 0

/bin/bash 09-22-2003 07:30 AM
find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -print

xscousr 09-22-2003 07:35 AM
excellent - thanks alot for all the suggestions - gave me some great insight


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