Re: listing directories in unix

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/12/05

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    Date: 12 Mar 2005 11:02:20 GMT

    On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 at 04:10 GMT, Bev A. Kupf wrote:
    > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:48:50 -0700,
    > Bill Seivert (seivert@pcisys.net) wrote:
    >> Using find . -type d has the side-effect of searching subdirectories
    >> which may not be what the OP wants.
    >
    > In which event the OP could make use of find's "-maxdepth" option to
    > specify the level of recursion.

      Only if the OP's version of find has -maxdepth; it is far from
      universal (and not required by POSIX). 

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