How do I loop through only directories in bash?

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How do I loop through only directories in bash?

I have a folder with some directories and some files (some are hidden, beginning with dot).

for d in *; do

 echo $d

done

will loop through all files and directories, but I want to loop only through directories. How do I do that?

directory files bash

3 years ago by Amit8z4mc

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-07-30T12:47:51

akshay1995

You can specify a slash at the end to match only directories:



for d in */ ; do

    echo "$d"

done

3 years ago

**pankajshivnani123** · Answer 2 · 2021-08-02T12:20:50

You can use pure bash for that, but it's better to use find:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec echo {} \;

(find additionally will include hidden directories)

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How do I loop through only directories in bash?

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