How to list only files in Android ADB ?

Question

I can successfully retrieve the directory name by this command

ls -d */

But I cant display only files from my device.

user3291365 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12T11:14:34.360

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You can use the command ls -l | grep ^-

Here is full list options for ls command.

Option  Description
-a  Displays all files.
-b  Displays nonprinting characters in octal.
-c  Displays files by file timestamp.
-C  Displays files in a columnar format (default)
-d  Displays only directories.
-f  Interprets each name as a directory, not a file.
-F  Flags filenames.
-g  Displays the long format listing, but exclude the owner name.
-i  Displays the inode for each file.
-l  Displays the long format listing.
-L  Displays the file or directory referenced by a symbolic link.
-m  Displays the names as a comma-separated list.
-n  Displays the long format listing, with GID and UID numbers.
-o  Displays the long format listing, but excludes group name.
-p  Displays directories with /
-q  Displays all nonprinting characters as ?
-r  Displays files in reverse order.
-R  Displays subdirectories as well.
-t  Displays newest files first. (based on timestamp)
-u  Displays files by the file access time.
-x  Displays files as rows across the screen.
-1  Displays each entry on a line.

edited Feb 12 '14 at 11:14

answered Feb 12 '14 at 10:55

user3291365

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I think this will show only the directory with long format and with permission. I want to list only files not directory. :) – SmileAshis Feb 12 '14 at 11:00
I think ^d is use for listing directory. But my question was only display files not directory. Thanks for your answer. ^- will show the all files of the current directory. – SmileAshis Feb 12 '14 at 11:07
@BselfishedLikeaSuccessfulper try this `ls -l | grep ^-` – user3291365 Feb 12 '14 at 11:14
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`ls` in Android only supports `lnsRdZaFi` parameters – Alex P. Feb 12 '14 at 15:49
ls -d prints only a dot in the output. – Elmue Jun 01 '18 at 15:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

If you've sed binary in your Android device, then do:

ls -l | sed '/^d/ d'

It will delete all lines starting with d from the output of ls -l (Source). Why? Because all directories in the output starts with d so remove them and you'll get only the file names.

If you don't have the sed in Android, then you can adb pull the file into PC (saved output of ls -l), and process it with (would work only for Linux PC):

cat <YOUR_FILE> | sed '/^d/ d'

How to list only files in Android ADB ?

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