that returns only the directories in a folder, but does it with a bunch of other info I do not need. Like so:
drwxr-xr-x 109 zav 3706 Oct 2 13:28 hd standard guide light optimized
drwxr-xr-x 109 zav 3706 Oct 2 13:28 hd standard guide light source
drwxr-xr-x 16 zav 544 Oct 2 13:24 s sd store terms conditions s2 optimized
drwxr-xr-x 16 zav 544 Oct 2 13:22 s sd store terms conditions s2 optimized source
drwxr-xr-x 16 zav 544 Oct 2 13:22 s sd store terms conditions s2 optimized2
drwxr-xr-x 10 zav 340 Oct 1 13:48 sd_CC_scr05
drwxr-xr-x 111 zav 3774 Sep 30 15:34 hd standard guide light
drwxr-xr-x 111 zav 3774 Sep 30 15:34 hd standard guide light copy
drwxr-xr-x 47 zav 1598 Sep 25 16:42 menu_mockup.revHEAD
drwxr-xr-x 18 zav 612 Sep 15 2009 startup res select-1
drwxr-xr-x 7 zav 238 Sep 15 2009 Adjusted Comm icon
drwxr-xr-x 49 zav 1666 Sep 10 2009 sd_my_communications_menu_with_ok_mag_334x68
drwxr-xr-x 5 zav 170 Sep 9 2009 Sample
drwxr-xr-x 35 zav 1190 Sep 9 2009 s sd purchased titles AZ
One problem is that sometimes, the date is returned as "Sep 9 2009" And other times, it is returned as "Sep 25 16:42". does anyone know if there is a Unix option to limit the number of output columns for ls -tl or ls -to??
BTW, the previously suggested ls -1td and la -1tdr do not return any useful info in the terminal besides a period.
Also, AppleScript seems to increase the word count in a string for every space character it runs into and also uses a colon as a word separator no matter what. Fun.
Thanks,