How to see only directories using ls command - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

ravikirankethe · #1 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

I want to see only directory names using "ls" command. can come one suggest me to do this.

karthikosu · #2 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

try ls -F this will give u directories with a slash(/) at the end

anbu23 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Code:

ls   -d   */

ravikirankethe · #4 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Thanks !

From your input, I had figured out couple of other ways to display the
folders.

ls -F | grep /
To display just the folder names

ls -lF | grep /
To display the folder names along with the other information like:
drwx------ 4 u956121 ezdev 512 Nov 15 2005 Mail/
drwxrwxrwx 2 u956121 ezdev 512 Jun 2 13:19 bin/

vgersh99 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006

Code:

ls -l | sed -n '/^d/p'

grial · #6 (**permalink**) 10-19-2006

Code:

ls -l | grep "^d"

mervin2006 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006

ls -ltr | awk '/^d/'

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