Why does listing the folders in unix take such a long command?

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What can I do to map ls -l | grep ^d to lsf? I am wading around in the mess of files and folders and trying to just see the folders so it's easier to cd ... around to places.

Zombo · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-11T07:49:49.593

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This should do it good sir

alias lsf='ls -l | grep ^d'

to add permanent, do this

echo "alias lsf='ls -l | grep ^d'" >> ~/.bash_profile

edited Feb 11 '13 at 07:49

answered Feb 11 '13 at 05:34

Zombo

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Michael Wild · Answer 2 · 2013-05-11T08:39:13.080

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If you are using a decent shell (i.e. ZSH) you can do

ls -d *(/)

edited May 11 '13 at 08:39

answered Feb 11 '13 at 08:17

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Any shell regardless of decentness can handle `echo */` and be done with the problem. – Ruslan Aug 24 '18 at 19:02

Why does listing the folders in unix take such a long command?

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