This command lists directories in the current path:
ls -d */
What exactly does the pattern */
do?
And how can we give the absolute path in the above command (e.g. ls -d /home/alice/Documents
) for listing only directories in that path?
*/
is a pattern that matches all of the subdirectories in the current directory (*
would match all files and subdirectories; the /
restricts it to directories). Similarly, to list all subdirectories under /home/alice/Documents, use ls -d /home/alice/Documents/*/