in reply to Re^3: Finding Oldest File in a Directory
in thread Finding Oldest File in a Directory

No, the -d option specifically limits the output to directories only, not its absence as you imply.

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Re^5: Finding Oldest File in a Directory
by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Oct 06, 2005 at 09:52 UTC
    No, the -d option specifically limits the output to directories only, not its absence as you imply.
    I know. That's why I wrote: This still has the possibility of returning a directory name though. -d implies that ls won't show the content of the directories, just the name. Which is exactly what I intended.
    Perl --((8:>*
      What I am trying to draw your attention to is that it has ONLY the possibility of returning directory names which is not what the OP is asking for.

      -M

      Free your mind

        You are wrong. -d simply means that directories will be listed as themselves. From the man page:

        -d     List  names of directories like other files, rather than listing
               their contents.

        Perl Mouse is perfectly right about this.

        Makeshifts last the longest.

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