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Old 08-30-2012
List all directories hidden or not hidden
I want to list all directories hidden or not hidden.
ls -ld */ => shows only not hidden directories

so i guess the answer would be to add the a option to show all files
ls -lad */ => not working Smilie

ls -la | grep "^d" => works

But I would like to know why I can't use ls -lad */

Please explain


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Old 08-30-2012
That is because the shell wildcard * will not match the starting .. If your shell supports brace expansion, you could try:
Code:
ls -ld {.,?}*/

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Old 08-30-2012
I'm not sure what you are asking, but ls -lad will find other kinds of files than directories.
One way to get only directories:
Code:
ls -al | grep '^d'

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Old 08-30-2012
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Originally Posted by elixir_sinari
That is because the shell wildcard * will not match the starting .. If your shell supports brace expansion, you could try:
Code:
ls -lad {.,?}*/

True, but in bash you could enable the dotglob shell option, and have even a starting "." matched by "*":

Code:
$ shopt -s dotglob
$ ls -ld */
drwxrwxr-x  2 lem     lem        40 2012-08-30 16:36 a1/
drwxrwxr-x  2 lem     lem        40 2012-08-30 16:36 .a2/
...

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Old 08-30-2012
Or you can just do ls -d .* ?* which will work in other shells than bash.
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