for i in *
do
if [ -d $i ]; then
echo $i directory >> /tmp/directories
fi
done
The command in a terminal is: ls (short for List). This will list the files in the current directory. Whilst in the Home directory, to list the files in a different directory, for instance Videos, use: ls Videos.
A directory list usually contains lists of information. An example of a physical directory list would be the Yellow Pages. For computers, a directory list would either be a list of files or a list of links to other files.
Folder or files which start with . will not not be appear in directory list Amit Gupta
This is usually called the directory or directory listing.
The following simple shell command lists the contents of a directory (verbose), and redirects the output to 'newfile.txt': ls -l > newfile.txt See related links.
ls-lS | tail-1
DIR
To list all the files in a directory you would use the following: $handle = opendir('/path/to/folder'); while(($file = readdir($handle)) !== false){ // do things with files // you will want to filter out things like ., .., and .htaccess echo $file; } Also, to return a list of all the files in a directory, especially with wildcards, use something such as: $file_array = glob("*"); $files = implode("\n", $file_array); echo $files; will give you a list of all the files directly.
The directory. It shows a list of files in the 'root' directory, along with the sub-directories.
A directory is commonly called a "folder" - it is a file that has a list that redirects the computer to the actual location of the files that are in that list. It's used more of as a organizational tool.
In Linux: ls In Windows: dir
Here is a small script that will get the files from the $folder variable using a dir function.