On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 09:55:33PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via Talk wrote:
From: CAREY SCHUG via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
Remember, non-expert here. I was a Solaris sysasmin 1997-2001 or so, could do some piping and scripting, but haven't done that since, so forgot.
ls(1) has been in UNIX from the beginning. It has grown some more flags over the years.
duh, since this is going directly to you, not just through list server, I can include a screenshot of the directory structure.
(You seem to have sent this to the list.)
I could not find a way to do ls recursively, but NOT list files, just directories, and preferrably only x deep. Remember a bazillion cache files and other cr*p.
ls */. */*/. */*/*/. */*/*/*/.
There is a reason 'find' exists. find . -type d -maxdepth 3 Combined with xargs you can really do a lot. -- Len Sorensen