Find all files in a directory that are not directories themselves

Question

I am looking for a way to list all the files in a directory excluding directories themselves, and the files in those sub-directories.

So if I have:

./test.log
./test2.log
./directory
./directory/file2

I want a command that returns: ./test.log ./test2.log and nothing else.

Answer 1

If you want test.log, test2.log, and file2 then:

find . -type f

If you do not want file2 then:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f

Answer 2

If you need symlinks, pipes, device files and other specific elements of file system to be listed too, you should use:

find -maxdepth 1 -not -type d

This will list everything except directories.

Answer 3

using find is simple as:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f

Answer 4

find . -type f

Answer 5

find /some/directory -type f

Answer 6

$ find . -type f -print

Each file will be on its own line. You must be in the directory you want to search.

Answer 7

One more option

ls -ltr | grep ^d