GNU bug report logs - #12664
Not possible to list directories recursiv (-d switch ignores -R)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Vamp898 <vamp898 <at> ignaz.org>

Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 12664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 12664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Vamp898 <vamp898 <at> ignaz.org>
Subject: Re: bug#12664: Not possible to list directories recursiv (-d switch
	ignores -R)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:41:14 -0600

Vamp898 wrote:
> Documentation says the following:
> 
> -d, --directory :: list directory entries instead of contents, and do not 
> dereference symbolic links
> 
> and
> 
> -R, --recursive :: list subdirectories recursively
> 
> And this is what i get when i use ls -dR /
> 
> $ 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
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