Daniel Qarras <dqarras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
Yes, I am painfully aware of the power of zsh :) But in this case I
need to do my script with bash and it seems that although globbing for
directories is trivial ( */ ) there is no similar pattern to match
files. Oh, well, I guess I'll need to waste some CPU cycles and launch
find everytime I need to know file names in the current directory.
Thanks.
How about:
ls -dF ./.[^.]*/ ./*/
./.gconf// ./.gnome2// ./.kde// ./.vnc//
./.gconfd// ./.gnome2_private// ./mail//
The extra trailing slash is a little untidy but this shouldn't be too
hard to deal with in a shell script. Without the globbing the directory
looks like:
ls -aF
./ .gnome2/ .tcshrc .xauthipFozN
.xauthPzlpUy
../ .gnome2_private/ tuneSkge.sh* .xauthIS8EHj
.xauthqjlydy
.addressbook install.log .vnc/ .xauthk767SX
.xauthS6Fe7J
.addressbook.lu install.log.syslog .xauth3cMVlS .xauthKGKdHN
.xauthVVWsxU
anaconda-ks.cfg .kde/ .xauth63RXVT .xauthKTeKNJ
.xauthxDbAPA
.bash_history .lesshst .xauth94YA7P .xauthM83ZuG
.xauthydqF9q
.bash_logout local.mod .xautha7i7Cq .xauthmNPIZ6
.xauthYh5g1e
.bash_profile local.te .xauthAMVrYt .xauthmoSEQs
.xauthYVZ3d9
.bashrc mail/ .xauthBPKmdK .xauthnGzy76
.xauthz1gsvS
.cshrc .pinerc .xauthdcbhGf .xauthoe3Llk
.xauthZpCinp
.gconf/ .recently-used.xbel .xauthf90gtu .xauthOhkaXl
.xauthZpuD2k
.gconfd/ scsrun.log .xauthGuEyXV .xauthpGDShA
Cheers,
Dave
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