[PLUG] listing directories only

[Carla Schroder]

Here's an odd one for the wise old geekbeards. I can't seem to find an easy 
way to list directories only. man ls says:

-d, --directory
 list directory entries instead of contents, and do not dereference symbolic 
links

But ls -d does not work:

$ ls -d
.

$ ls -d /home/carla
/home/carla

Good ole find does the job:

$ find ~ -maxdepth 1 -type d  
/home/carla
/home/carla/.kde
/home/carla/.qt
/home/carla/Desktop
/home/carla/.local
[...]

ls will list subdirectories and their contents:

$  ls -R
.:
./downloads:
asterisk-1.4.0-beta3  asterisk-1.4.0-beta3.tar.gz  AstLinux-0.4.4.iso  
debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso  loop

./downloads/asterisk-1.4.0-beta3/agi:
agi-test.agi  DialAnMp3.agi  eagi-sphinx-test.c  eagi-test.c  fastagi-test  
jukebox.agi  Makefile  numeralize

[...]

The tree command is easy and fun:

$ tree -d -L 1
.
|-- 1writing
|-- Desktop
|-- Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
|-- booksnmusic
|-- correspondence
|-- downloads
|-- finances
|-- howto
|-- pictures
|-- sda
`-- webs

So.... does anyone know why ls cannot do this?

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