list folder directories

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi,
i know the shell script “ls” which is quite the same as list folder. I want instead to filter the directories inside a folder- the Finder uses ‘whose’ but it its really slow for a large amount of items.

some other hints ?

#2

Hi,

try the shell command find

set foundFolders to paragraphs of (do shell script "find " & quoted form of POSIX path of (path to home folder) & " -type  d")

or if you want to search without considering subfolders

set foundFolders to paragraphs of (do shell script "find " & quoted form of POSIX path of (path to home folder) & "  -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type  d")
#3

thanks Stefan.