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BinHong
BinHong

Reputation: 165

Get all directories (hidden and non-hidden) in bash

What is the easiest way to get a list of all hidden and non-hidden directories (only directories) in a single call?

Obviously I can do it by connecting 2 different commands with && like this: 

ls -d ./.*/ && ls -d ./*/

but shouldn't there be a better way?

EDIT: I do not want the current directory to be included in the list.

Also, ls -d ./.*/ ./*/ is a better alternative to what I have up there.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2068

Answers (3)

Picaud Vincent
Picaud Vincent

Reputation: 10982

If you have the tree command, you can get a nice view of your directories:

tree -a -d -L 3

where:

  • a -> shows hidden and nonhidden
  • d -> only shows directories
  • L 3 -> limit depth (if you want infinite depth, simply remove this option)

Output example:

.
├── bin
├── Common
├── .git
│   ├── branches
│   ├── hooks
│   ├── info
│   ├── logs
│   │   └── refs
│   ├── objects
│   │   ├── 08
│   │   ├── 38
│   │   ├── 62
│   │   ├── 6f
│   │   ├── 8c
│   │   ├── 9e
│   │   ├── a0
│   │   ├── cb
│   │   ├── d9
│   │   ├── info
│   │   └── pack
│   └── refs
│       ├── heads
│       ├── remotes
│       └── tags
├── Setup
├── test
└── tools

27 directories

You also get the number of directories. If you do not want it, add the --noreport option.

It is also possible to exclude pattern etc... man tree is your friend there.

Another example: a flat list of directories, excluding obj* and refs

tree -a -d -L 3 -if -I "obj*|refs" --noreport

returns:

.
./bin
./Common
./.git
./.git/branches
./.git/hooks
./.git/info
./.git/logs
./Setup
./test
./tools

Upvotes: 1

PesaThe
PesaThe

Reputation: 7499

Simple find should do it:

find /some/path -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d

-maxdepth 1 ensures you don't descend into subdirectories. However, if that's what you want, you can just remove it.

-mindepth 1 ensures find does not include the directory itself.

Upvotes: 2

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785156

In bash you don't need to call any expternal utility to list all directories (including hidden ones). Just use:

# make sure we match entries starting with dot and return empty when list is empty
shopt -s dotglob nullglob

# print all the directories including ones starting with dot
printf '%s\n' */

Upvotes: 5

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