How do I vdir only directories under UNIX / Linux operating systems?
The vdir command is equivalent to ls -l -b command; that is, by default files are listed in long format and special characters are represented by backslash escape sequences.
vdir example
Type the following command
vdir
Sample outputs:
total 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 0 2010-02-20 15:34 --bar.txt drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 13:23 flashgot.0xjjfk2r.default -rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 0 2010-02-20 15:37 foo -rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 0 2010-02-20 15:34 -foo.txt srwxr-xr-x 1 vivek vivek 0 2010-02-20 14:40 gedit.vivek.1838848260 drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 gpg-hbhf4I drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 keyring-pZ5OTj drwx------ 2 gdm gdm 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 orbit-gdm drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 15:00 orbit-vivek drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 pulse-fUTnhREF506W drwx------ 2 gdm gdm 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 ssh-ZYKkLP2579 drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 virtual-vivek.2eyOdr drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2010-02-20 10:49 VMwareDnD drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-02-20 10:49 vmware-root
To vdir only dirs and nothing else use the grep command in pipe (filter) mode:
vdir | grep '^d'
Sample outputs:
drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 13:23 flashgot.0xjjfk2r.default drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 gpg-hbhf4I drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 keyring-pZ5OTj drwx------ 2 gdm gdm 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 orbit-gdm drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 15:00 orbit-vivek drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 pulse-fUTnhREF506W drwx------ 2 gdm gdm 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 ssh-ZYKkLP2579 drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 2010-02-20 10:50 virtual-vivek.2eyOdr drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2010-02-20 10:49 VMwareDnD drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-02-20 10:49 vmware-root
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