Recipe: Listing only directories  – alternative methods 

$ ls -d */

Desktop/    Downloads/  Music/     Public/     Videos/
Documents/  images/     Pictures/  Templates/  webapps/

$ ls -F | grep "/$
Desktop/
Documents/
Downloads/
images/
Music/
Pictures/
Public/
Templates/
Videos/
webapps/

$ls -l | grep "^d"
drwxr-xr-x 4 slynux slynux 4096 2010-07-05 22:50 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 3 slynux slynux 4096 2010-07-05 22:46 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-07-04 08:07 images
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Music
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-06-29 18:39 Videos
drwxr-xr-x 2 slynux slynux 4096 2010-07-05 15:35 webapps

$ find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -print
.
./.openoffice.org
./.nautilus
./Public
./.gnome2_private
./.thumbnails
./Music
./.gnome2
./Desktop
./.gconf
./.cache
./webapps
./Videos
./.update-notifier
./.gvfs
./.pulse
./Templates
./.gconfd
./Documents
./.local
./.config
./.compiz
./.mozilla
./images
./.gstreamer-0.10
./Downloads