How to view/list only directories in Linux?

This is a small post for Linux new babies. Viewing folders can be achieved by two ways in linux/unix

  1. Through ls command
  2. Through find command

With ls we have to use grep to get the directory listings..

Ls –l | grep ^d

Example

[root@test surendra_a]# ls -l | grep ^d

d——— 2 surendra_a surendra_a 4096 Sep 8 09:54 HTWFAIP

drwxrwxr-x 2 surendra_a root 4096 Nov 27 12:30 LinuxCBT – RHEL5

drwxrwxr-x 2 surendra_a root 4096 Oct 12 16:40 Software

Through find command

find . -type d

The above command will show you all the file types which are directories in present working directory.



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Mr Surendra Anne is from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a Linux/Open source supporter who believes in Hard work, A down to earth person, Likes to share knowledge with others, Loves dogs, Likes photography. He works as Devops Engineer with Taggle systems, an IOT automatic water metering company, Sydney . You can contact him at surendra (@) linuxnix dot com.