> > with Bash one can list directories (excluding dot dirs) like this: > > > > ls [^.]*/ > > > > How can I list files instead of directories with Bash? I thought > this > > would be trivial but I can't find a solution anywhere. > > I don't think that it can be done with bash, but if you don't mind > switching to zsh -- another extended version of the Bourne shell -- > it does become trivial: > > ~% ls *(.) # list only plain files > ~% ls *(/) # list only directories > ~% ls *(*) # list only executable files Yes, I am painfully aware of the power of zsh :) But in this case I need to do my script with bash and it seems that although globbing for directories is trivial ( */ ) there is no similar pattern to match files. Oh, well, I guess I'll need to waste some CPU cycles and launch find everytime I need to know file names in the current directory. Thanks. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
