Author Topic: how to get the directory listing only (Read 10618 times)

sridip · « **on:** May 01, 2005, 05:39:29 PM »

I want to get the directory listing only (i.e. listing excluding files) using linux command but i don't want to use grep. is it possible ? if yes, how ?

anil_garg5 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2005, 06:09:19 AM »

Show only directories
ls -l | grep "^d"

sridip · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2005, 11:49:54 AM »

but i don't want to use grep . Is it possible or not ?

gauravbajaj · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2005, 12:42:13 PM »

Hi Dear
I think its not possible without grep...
May be other knows well

Enjoy
Gaurav

dragoncity99 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 04, 2005, 01:14:34 PM »

It's possible my friend, u can do it using UNIX/LINUX shell scripting language.

However, i saw ur post and didn't reply as i see u might be expecting to list something which is for viewing only.

unixadmin · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2005, 03:58:23 AM »

Quote from: "sridip"

but i don't want to use grep . Is it possible or not ?

Yes, it is possible. Just use find instead of ls.

find /directoryname -type d

will find all directories in the "directoryname" "-type d" means show directories only.

Hope this helps!

gauravbajaj · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2005, 08:42:36 AM »

dear
the command u said is ok,but suppose u have directories in /root as:
gaurav ajay
& suppose u have again sub-dir in gaurav as g1 & g2
the it will show the o/p like this
/root/gaurav/g1
/root/gaurav/g2

but if i only wanna gaurav then what is the solution??
Gaurav

unixadmin · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:01:13 AM »

Quote from: "gauravbajaj"

dear
the command u said is ok,but suppose u have directories in /root as:
gaurav ajay
& suppose u have again sub-dir in gaurav as g1 & g2
the it will show the o/p like this
/root/gaurav/g1
/root/gaurav/g2

but if i only wanna gaurav then what is the solution??
Gaurav

Try: find /root -type d -maxdepth 1

gauravbajaj · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2005, 03:37:12 AM »

Thxx dear,it works