Efficiently navigating file systems is a fundamental skill for Linux administrators and users alike. We are about to explore a focused aspect of directory management in CentOS – the art of listing only directories using command-line tools
- Usual listing with
ls
$ ls -l
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 2809 Apr 23 2017 a.out
drwxrwxr-x 4 user user 4096 Mar 8 2018 bootstrap-4.0.0-dist.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 1001 Aug 11 2018 social-icons.css
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 48312 Jan 23 2019 tmp.out
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 2809 Apr 23 2017 a.out
drwxrwxr-x 4 user user 4096 Mar 8 2018 bootstrap-4.0.0-dist.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 1001 Aug 11 2018 social-icons.css
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 48312 Jan 23 2019 tmp.out
$ ls -d */
bootstrap-4.0.0-dist.zip/
bootstrap-4.0.0-dist.zip/
$ ls -d /your/own/path/*/