Listing directories and subdirectories

Shell Programming and Scripting
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How can list the directories and the subdirectories in a folder. It is possible with a single UNIX command.

For example i have a folder named "archive" and another folder named "0808" and then multiple folders are there ...

Can i list all the directories and subdirectories in the folder 0808.

Thanks

Karan

2 
find archive/0808 -exec ls -ld {} \;

You might also have something like dirtree to list a directory and its subdirectories.

3

ls -R

4

Yes it is easy, please use the above command.

vasanth

5

Era,

This command is showing the file names in the directory as well..

Is it not possible just to list the directory names and the sub directores ..

Thanks

Karan

6 
find archive/0808 -type d -exec ls -ld {} \;

If you don't want the long-format listing change the -exec ... \; to just -print

7

Yes, it is:

find <startdirectory> -type d -print

prints only the names of the directories, not the files. If you want to output to be "ls -l"-like (more exactly: like "ls -lisa") replace the "-print" with "-ls".

I suggest you read the man page of "find" to learn what other possibilities of changing the output there are.

I hope this helps.

bakunin