List only the directories

ls -d */

-d: list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic links

By: brianmuckian

2009-10-08 22:07:22

7 Alternatives + Submit Alt

List only the directories
This is sample output - yours may be different.
8

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d | sort

dbbolton · 2011-08-08 03:04:31 7
list directories only
This is sample output - yours may be different.
8

ls -d */

huazhihao · 2013-02-15 14:37:35 10
List only the directories

This command would be useful when it is desirable to list only the directories. 'egrep' chooses only the lines that begin with 'd'. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ ls -l 
drwxrwx--- 2 sim sim 4096 2009-02-08 14:19 adir
-rwxrwx--- 1 sim sim   52 2009-02-05 13:11 a.sh
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 x.txt
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 y.txt
-rw-rw---- 1 sim sim    0 2009-02-05 13:09 z.txt

$ ls -l | egrep ^d
drwxrwx--- 2 sim sim 4096 2009-02-08 14:19 adir
```
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ls -l | egrep ^d

ergut · 2009-02-08 22:21:55 14
List only the directories

to include hidden dirs use: tree -adL 1 (with ls, requires 'ls -ad */ .*/')
This is sample output - yours may be different.
3

tree -dL 1

Escher · 2009-10-11 23:20:17 5
use the find command and have it not print trailing slashes

the advantage to doing it this way is that you can adjust the max depth to get more recursive results and run it on non GNU systems. It also won't print trailing slashes, which can easily be removed, but can be slightly annoying.. You could run: # for file in `find * -maxdepth 0 -type d`;do ls -d $file;done and in the ls -d part of the command you can put in whatever parameters you want to get things like permissions, time stamps, and ownership. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
# find * -maxdepth 0 -type d
bin
boot
dev
etc
home
lib
lib64
lost+found
media
misc
mnt
opt
proc
root
sbin
selinux
srv
sys
tmp
usr
var
```
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find * -maxdepth 0 -type d

sonic · 2013-02-25 21:10:49 9

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Good, but doesn't list eventual . (beginning with dot). Whereas do the alternatives using 'find'.

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