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How to list one file in each subdirectory of root folder?

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Mar 15, 20264506 views

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Apologies if this is trivial- but how do list just one file in each subdirectory of my root folder? Linux terminal or MS DOS syntax doesn't matter. I would guess it would be an ls or dir command with some parameter but I havent found anything in the manual for either command.

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If you want to see the directory names use - ls -R1 | grep -A 1 ":" If you DON'T want to see the directory names use - ls -R1 | grep -A 1 ":" | grep -v ":"

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