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bug#12664: Not possible to list directories recursiv (-d switch ignores
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Bob Proulx |
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bug#12664: Not possible to list directories recursiv (-d switch ignores -R) |
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Date: |
Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:41:14 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Vamp898 wrote:
> Documentation says the following:
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> -d, --directory :: list directory entries instead of contents, and do not
> dereference symbolic links
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> and
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> -R, --recursive :: list subdirectories recursively
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> And this is what i get when i use ls -dR /
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> $ ls -dR /
> /
Right. Because the -d said to list the directory and not the contents.
In addition to everything Eric said see also this FAQ entry:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#ls-_002dd-does-not-list-directories_0021
Bob