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# 1  
Old 04-14-2005
list folders but not symbolic links
Hii...

I want to list folders (no files and no symbolic links)..



Quote:
while read line
do
#echo $line
if test -d $line && test !-L $line
then
echo $line >> $HDIR/homedirlist.txt
fi
done < $HDIR/homedetails.txt
But my
Quote:
&& test !-L $line
is giving me error..
please help...

Esham
# 2  
Old 04-14-2005
Is there any option like

Quote:
ls -al | awk '$1 == d* {print $9}'
d* not working..

thanks..
# 3  
Old 04-14-2005
ls -l | grep "^d"
# 4  
Old 04-14-2005
Thank you for the reply..
Can i do the same with awk..

esham
# 5  
Old 04-14-2005
ls -l | awk '/^d/'

also ....

[ -d dir ] && some_command
Last edited by Just Ice; 04-14-2005 at 03:50 AM.. Reason: add info
# 6  
Old 04-14-2005
I want to list the contents which is not symolic links...

I know to list which is symbolic link like

test -L filename

but i want the negation of this..

Please help

esham
# 7  
Old 04-14-2005
negation ....

[ ! -L filename ] && some_code
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