On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 08:47:38 -0600 Rick Weinbender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a basic question. > Is there a method using "ls" from the command line to > have it display only directories. > I've looked thru the help (ls --help), but cant' guess the right > switches. > > Thanks, > -Rick I don't know if this is of any use; it's what I use:- ============================================== #!/bin/sh # ldirs - Richard Kimber # # By default ldirs lists all the sub-directories in the current directory # in columns. It has the syntax: ldirs [-h] [<path of directory>] # -h will cause dot directories not to be listed # specifying a directory path will list the sub-directories in the # directory specified. ldirs --version will print the version number of # ldirs ldirs --help will print a simple help message ver="0.1" date="6 Dec 2000" arg1="$1" arg2="$2" narg=$# if [ ${#arg1} -eq 1 ] then num1=`expr ${#arg1} + 1` num2=`expr ${#arg2} + 1` else num1=`expr ${#arg1} + 2` num2=`expr ${#arg2} + 2` fi if [ $narg -eq 0 ] then find . -type d -maxdepth 1|sed s/"^.\/"//g|sort|tail +2|column elif [ $narg -eq 1 -a "$arg1" = "-h" ] then find . -type d -maxdepth 1|sed s/^".\/"//g|sort|sed /^"\."/d|column elif [ $narg -eq 1 -a "$arg1" = "--help" ] then echo echo "ldirs ver $ver Richard Kimber $date" echo " ldirs [-h][<path>]" echo "-h hides dot files" echo "By default ldirs lists the current directory" echo "a path argument lists directories in that path" echo "ldirs --version gives the version number" echo "ldirs --help lists this help" elif [ $narg -eq 1 -a $arg1 = '--version' ] then echo "ldirs ver $ver" elif [ $narg -eq 1 -a ! -d $arg1 ] then echo "path does not exist" elif [ $narg -eq 1 -a -d $arg1 ] then find $arg1 -type d -maxdepth 1|cut -b $num1-|sort|column elif [ $narg -eq 2 -a ! -d $arg2 ] then echo "path does not exist, or parameters in wrong order" elif [ $narg -eq 2 -a -d $arg2 ] then find $arg2 -type d -maxdepth 1|cut -b $num2-|sort|sed /^"\."/d|column else echo echo "Aaargh! ldirs does not understand" echo "ver $ver by Richard Kimber $date" echo " ldirs [-h][<path>]" echo "-h hides dot files" echo "by default ldirs lists the current directory" echo "a path argument lists directories in that path" echo "ldirs --version gives the version number" echo "ldirs --help lists this help" fi ========================================================== - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]