Hi Bob, thanks for the info.

If ya'll don't want to consider this a bug, that's fine, but I suggest updating the definition for -d to clarify the true behavior.  If it must be used with other options for it to be useful, then the definition should say so because I sure don't see "list directory entries instead of contents".

I'm yet to see the usefulness of this option (used alone), other than in Eric's example, which is what I was after.

If someone has some examples of ls -d usage, without adding other switches , I'd appreciate it.

Thanks again,

Eddie