Listing only directories using ls in Bash?
*/
is a pattern that matches all of the subdirectories in the current directory (*
would match all files and subdirectories; the /
restricts it to directories). Similarly, to list all subdirectories under /home/alice/Documents, use ls -d /home/alice/Documents/*/
Four ways to get this done, each with a different output format
1. Using echo
Example: echo */
, echo */*/
Here is what I got:
cs/ draft/ files/ hacks/ masters/ static/
cs/code/ files/images/ static/images/ static/stylesheets/
2. Using ls
only
Example: ls -d */
Here is exactly what I got:
cs/ files/ masters/
draft/ hacks/ static/
Or as list (with detail info): ls -dl */
3. Using ls
and grep
Example: ls -l | grep "^d"
Here is what I got:
drwxr-xr-x 24 h staff 816 Jun 8 10:55 cs
drwxr-xr-x 6 h staff 204 Jun 8 10:55 draft
drwxr-xr-x 9 h staff 306 Jun 8 10:55 files
drwxr-xr-x 2 h staff 68 Jun 9 13:19 hacks
drwxr-xr-x 6 h staff 204 Jun 8 10:55 masters
drwxr-xr-x 4 h staff 136 Jun 8 10:55 static
4. Bash Script (Not recommended for filename containing spaces)
Example: for i in $(ls -d */); do echo ${i%%/}; done
Here is what I got:
cs
draft
files
hacks
masters
static
If you like to have '/' as ending character, the command will be: for i in $(ls -d */); do echo ${i}; done
cs/
draft/
files/
hacks/
masters/
static/