On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, John Bowling wrote:
ls -d
returns only '.'
Per your faq this is the designed in operation
ls --help
does not reflect that operation:
-d, --directorylist directory entries instead of contents,
and do not dereference symbolic links
. is the directory entry (not the contents) of ., which is the
default argument to ls.
For that result it should read
-d, --directorylists base directory entry only instead of
contents,
ls -d is not a useful command on its own, without any arguments.
Changing the --help text as suggested would mis-describe the intended
purpose of -d, which is detailed in the referenced FAQ.
There is no way to get directory entries (plural or multiple levels)
with just -d
making that description of -d very inaccurate.
From the FAQ:
If you are trying to find files in the directory hierarchy then you
should look into using the find command.
--help output is intended to be more of a quick reference; the coreutils
manual contains a longer description of -d.
Cheers,
Phil
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