[Gllug] Locating Subdirectories

[Nix]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Stig Brautaset stipulated:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 08:23:21AM +0100, Nix wrote:
>> >> I need to obtain the names of all the subdirectories in the
>> >> current directory.  
> ...
>> > 
>> > find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -printf "%f\n"
>> 
>> Why -printf, not just -print?
>>
>> (Or, with GNU find, nothing at all as the operation, as -print is the
>> default?)
> 
> Because he wanted the names of the subdirectories, not their paths.

Ah yes, um. I misread.

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