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Old 07-20-2012
how to differentiate file and directory name using ls command
how to differentiate file and directory name using ls command.

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Old 07-20-2012
have you tried using ls -l command??
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Old 07-20-2012
Code:
ls -l | grep ^d  # for directories

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Old 11-19-2012
if you use ls -l, the contents in the directory listed as below.

drwxr-xr-x 3 truesrc staff 9728 Nov 15 18:37 exercises/
-rw-r--r-- 1 truesrc staff 155 Oct 8 12:52 fibbno.cc

if entry is a directory, it starts with bit 'd'
if entry is a file,it starts with '-'
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