Shell Programming and Scripting

Just wondering why it has to be on one line......?

If i were you , this is what i would do

$ ls -lRt | grep -v Archive
<notice the 'R' , its list RECURSIVE>

or here is another one:

$ for x in `ls -lF | grep '/' | grep -v Archive`;do
echo $x | cut -f 9 | ls -lR
done

summary:
Note: encapsulate the ls -lF ... line within FOR by using tilde [character left of number 1 on standard keyboard]

here i am looping thru all the directories <except archive> and listing there contents

for the curious ls -F gives the list but adds a '/' infront of directory names!

make suitable replacements for names u need.
Let me know if it helps!

-Samarth

Code:

$ find . -print
.
./archive
./archive/decisions
./archive/error
./archive/logs
./archive/processed
./archive/results
./config
./decisions
./error
./inbox
./logs
./outbox
./processed
./progress
./results
$ find . \( -name archive -prune \) -o -print
.
./config
./decisions
./error
./inbox
./logs
./outbox
./processed
./progress
./results
$

With zsh:

Code:

print -l **/*~archive*

For example:

Code:

zsh 4.3.4% mkdir -p archive/results config
zsh 4.3.4% find
.
./archive
./archive/results
./config
zsh 4.3.4% print -l **/*~archive*
config

thanx everybody for your help and co-operations......

suppose i don't want to traverse progress and decision folder ..how i am going to achieve......thru same line