<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 11:41 -0800, Ray Parrish wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Hello, I have been trying to figure out why ls will not return folder names only as per the man page's insistence that it will with the -d switch. Here is output from Terminal ray@RaysComputer:~/links$ ls --directory . ray@RaysComputer:~/links$ No sub folders returned from the ls command. Yet when I run the following, you can see the first few lines are all folders that clearly exist in that Directory. ray@RaysComputer:~/links$ ls -a --classify --group-directories-first ./ ../ Desktop/ GSD/ Images/ scripts/ Video/ 481445.png AddURLtoGoogleSitemapScript.html AddURLtoGoogleSitemapScript.html~ AddURLtoSitemap.sh.zip What I'm trying to get ultimately is a recursive list of all files of a certain type in all sub folders of the current folder, including the current folder. But when I add the --recursive command, and include a *.html on the end, all I get is a list of the .html files in the current folder, and none from any of the sub folders. Like so - ray@RaysComputer:~/links$ ls -x -1 --recursive *.html AddURLtoGoogleSitemapScript.html Biology.html bookmarks.html BootingintoSafeMode.html buttonbar.html Change Skin.html CharitableOrganizations.html Combatting Spam.html Comparison of Windows and Ubuntu Linux.html Computer.html Computer Tips and Tutorials.html Email Information.html EnvironmentalIssues.html error404.html EtherApeNetworkSecurityTool.html FomentingResponsibleLeadership.html google34436ce73104f9d5.html GUIWebSiteMonitor.html GUIWrapperforWebChangeMonitorScript.html HardDiskRequirementsXPServicePack3.html Hard Drives.html HowToInstallSoftwareinUbuntu.html How To Install Ubuntu.html How to speed up and organize tab switching in Firefox.html index.html InformationAboutWindowsXPServicePack3.html InsuringResponsibleLeadership.html Internet.html Internet Radio Stations.html Internet Speed Test.html Is The Eiffel Tower Taller than the Space Needle.html Learning Linux References.html Linux distributions and documents.html LinuxMonitorWebPageforChangeScript.html MissingTitlebarsinUbuntu.html NoMorePaidLobbyists.html Offline Browsing Tools.html OnlineMagazines.html PasswordLoadingScript.html PayingofftheNationalDeficit.html PossibleProblemsXPServicePack3.html PostingRules.html Programming.html ReleasingHungModem.html ScienceandTechnology.html Security Measures.html Skinning Web Sites.html StimulusInvestigation.html Submit Link.html Survey Sites.html Template.html ThankYou.html The Future of Technology.html TimerStopWatchScriptforLinux.html Troubleshooting and fixing Windows.html Troubleshooting HiJackThis Log Files.html Troubleshootings Tools for Windows.html Video.html Visual Basic Tips.html Web Browsers.html Web Editors.html Web Hosting.html Web Publishing.html Web Site Monitor.html WhatisHardDiskFragmentation.html Whatisrecursion.html WhereAreProgramFilesinUbuntu.html Where to go to get help.html Why Dual Boot.html Windows XP SP3 installation.html ray@RaysComputer:~/links$ Note that none of that output came from any of the sub folders, so --recursive is not staying the course. I can get a recursive listing, but it includes all file types, and the sub folder names in it's output. Is there any way to get just the sub folder names? Is there any way to get a recursive listing of all of only one file type, with their relative path to the current folder included on each line? Thanks for any help you can be, Ray Parrish -- The Future of Technology. <A HREF="http://www.rayslinks.com/The%20Future%20of%20Technology.html">http://www.rayslinks.com/The%20Future%20of%20Technology.html</A> Ray's Links, a variety of links to usefull things, and articles by Ray. <A HREF="http://www.rayslinks.com">http://www.rayslinks.com</A> Writings of "The" Schizophrenic, what it's like to be a schizo, and other things, including my poetry. <A HREF="http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com">http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com</A> </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Sounds like a job for find and grep </BODY> </HTML>