Listing only directories in the current working directory using the "ls" command

igandu · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2006

Hello All, I am trying to list only directories in my current directory using the command "ls -d". But the output only contains the default directory "." and doesn't list the rest of the directories in the working directory. Can anyone explain why this is happening

ranj@chn · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2006

see what man tells -
-d If an argument is a directory, list only its name (not its
contents); often used with -l (ell) to get the status of a
directory.
So, by default the argument is taken as the current directory. To list all directories, ls -ld */

mahipat · #3 (**permalink**) 05-12-2006

To list all the directories in the current working directory we should be using ls -ld for directories.

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