On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:12:11PM -0800, Daniel Qarras wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> with Bash one can list directories (excluding dot dirs) like this:
>
> ls [^.]*/
>
> How can I list files instead of directories with Bash? I thought this
> would be trivial but I can't find a solution anywhere.
I don't think that it can be done with bash, but if you don't mind
switching to zsh -- another extended version of the Bourne shell -- it
does become trivial:
~% ls *(.) # list only plain files
~% ls *(/) # list only directories
~% ls *(*) # list only executable files
-- John Kodis.
