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Asked: 2026-05-30T23:35:04+00:00

I want to list all directories using a shell script. I am using the

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I want to list all directories using a shell script. I am using the following code:

DIR="$1"

if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
    echo "Usage: $0 {dir-name}"
exit 1
fi

cd "$DIR"
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for user in $( ls -d */)
do
  for dirs in $( ls -d $PWD/$user*)
  do
    echo $PWD/$user/$dirs;
  done
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS

It is working for me if that directory don’t have any spaces on it, else it split the output for every spaces on it. I got the following output:

abhinaba@abhinaba-desktop:~/software$ sh test.sh /media/2C44138344134F48/RB1
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/VB*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/DLI*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/3001/*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/VB*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/DLI*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/3002/*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/VB*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/DLI*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /m: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access dia/2C44138344134F48/RB1/3003/*: No such file or directory
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  1. Editorial Team

    EDITED: removed ls to optimize the script (from tripleee)

    If you use BASH shell:

    #!/bin/bash

SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
DIR="$1"

if [ $# -ne 1 ]
 then
 echo "Usage: $0 {dir-name}"
 exit 1
fi

cd "$DIR"

for user in $(ls -d */)
 do
 for dirs in $(ls -d $user*)
  do
  echo $dirs
 done
done

IFS=$SAVEIFS

    Run the above “test.sh” script like this:

    bash test.sh /media/2C44138344134F48/RB1

    or simply (if you are already in BASH and you have set the eXecutable flag)

    ./test.sh /media/2C44138344134F48/RB1

    Reference

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