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What does `ls --directory` stand for?
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Using ls -d by itself is fairly useless because without a parameter it always returns .. After you specify a parameter it makes sense though. For example if your user name is rick and you want to see all the directories in your home use:
$ ls -d /home/rick/*/
/home/rick/AAC/ /home/rick/EnhanceIO/ /home/rick/silentcast/
/home/rick/assembly/ /home/rick/EnhanceIO-master/ /home/rick/Templates/
/home/rick/bin/ /home/rick/log/ /home/rick/test/
/home/rick/Desktop/ /home/rick/Music/ /home/rick/tmpe/
/home/rick/Documents/ /home/rick/Pictures/ /home/rick/Videos/
/home/rick/Downloads/ /home/rick/Public/