How can I list directories only in linux?

suicidaleggroll · 01-04-2014, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_Crowd

listing only directories:
for f in *;do if [[ -d $f ]]; then echo $f;fi; done;

Code:

ls -d */

is much easier to remember and faster to type

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_Crowd

listing only files:
for f in *;do if [[ -d $f ]]; then echo "" > /dev/null ;else echo $f ;fi; done;

That is grossly inefficient. Why would you test if it's a directory, and if so echo a newline to /dev/null and otherwise print the name? Why not just test if it's not a directory with [[ ! -d $f ]], or just directly test it's a file with [[ -f $f ]]?

wsteinbr · 10-27-2015, 11:00 AM

Five keystrokes:

cd<space><Tab><Tab>

If any reply to this and it doesn't have a / at the end, then you have no directories to view.
This lists files and directories. So, if you see that there are many replies, then it would be better to use ls -d */

wsteinbr · 10-27-2015, 11:40 AM

Another way is:

ls * | grep :

If you want directories and to show files in each directory:

ls *

This most likely is not as good as: ls -d */