How can I see folders from terminal?

Question

How can I list folders from within the terminal, which command should I use?

Answer 1

If you want to be able to distinguish folders from files easily, use something like ls -alhF. I usually define l as an alias for that, ie. I put the line alias l='ls -alhF' in my .bashrc.

Answer 2

to list only folders try: ls -d */

Answer 3

ls -al | grep ^d

include hidden files '-a' grep ^d get start with 'd' wich means directory when name starts with dot directory is hidden

to list recursively see this

find ./ -type d | less
./ ..................... means starts find in current folder
-type .................. indicates the type to be searched
d ...................... means directory
| ...................... redirects the command
less ................... enables paging using the keyboard arrows and leave with q

Answer 4

ls -1 -d */

where

-1

lists one directory per line.

Answer 5

ls will list the files.

ls -l will list the files with details (such as file size).

Answer 6

As I am a very inexperienced user I love this website. It tells you all you want to know about bash commands, in some cases it even gives you examples. Very useful.

In your case:

• ls to list the files
• ls -a to include hidden files
• ls -l for a long listing format
• ...