GNU bug report logs - #14189
ls -d bug ??

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "ray <at> electronicstheory.com" <ray <at> electronicstheory.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "ray <at> electronicstheory.com" <ray <at> electronicstheory.com>
Cc: 14189 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14189: ls -d bug ??
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:20:03 -0700

On 04/11/13 11:17, ray <at> electronicstheory.com wrote:
> Is there
> some reason it can't give me what (it appears) the manual says (and what makes
> sense) it should?

Sounds like there's a bug in the manual; it shouldn't say that
"ls -d" outputs only directories.  Can you please mention
the wording you're talking about?

To get something like what you want, you can use this command:

ls -d */

or maybe:

ls -d */ .*/
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