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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can ls be made to only list directories?
Message-ID: <57@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 90 19:19:30 GMT
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Create a shell script - call it dirs - then run "dirs *"

for i in `file $* | fgrep directory | sed 's/\([^:]*\):.*/\1/'`
do
	/bin/echo "$i \c"	# feel free to modify for built-in echo
done
echo

One can then run, for example:

	ls `dirs [a-z]*`

Variants are possible for other file types (like text, for example).
Of course, there are a few LS variants around supporting the -D option.
In which case, (well, you can finish this one yourself!)