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Show only directories, not their contents with `find -type d | xargs ls`

I want to find some folders by name, and then list their information using "ls", here is what i did using "find",

find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 3 -type d -name logs

what i got is:

./RECHMN32Z/US/logs
./RECHMN32Z/UM/logs
./RECHMP3BL/US/logs
./RECHMP3BL/UM/logs
./RECHMAS86/UM/logs
./RECHMAS86/US/logs

and then i add "xargs ls -l" , then it will return information of all files under these folders returned above, if i just want to list information of these folders, how to do ?

Solution

  • It's not find or xargs's fault, but ls's. When given directory names ls shows their contents. You can use -d to have it only show the directories themselves.

    find has a -ls action that uses the same format as ls -dils. No need to invoke an external command.

    find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 3 -type d -name logs -ls

    Or use ls -ld to list the directories and not their contents. -exec cmd {} + is a simpler alternative to xargs. No pipeline required.

    find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 3 -type d -name logs -exec ls -ld {} +