[Cialug] List file types in a directory

[David Champion]

Both of those methods will display files with no periods, i.e. put a 
file in there called "test" and it will echo out "test".

-dc

Tim Wilson wrote:
> ls -1 | awk -F'.' '{print $NF}' | sort | uniq
> or sort -u instead of sort | uniq
> 
> I use awk because you could have foo.bar.jpg.  Using NF in awk will
> guarantee you'll get jpg.
> 
> On 3/8/07, Chris Freeman <cwfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Assuming only one '.' per filename:
>>
>> ls -1 | cut -f2 -d. | sort -u
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/07, Daniel Juliano < dan at danandlaurajuliano.com> wrote:
>> > So, how would I get a list of file types for all files in a directory?
>> > Let's say I've got the following:
>> > test1.txt
>> > test2.txt
>> > test3.jpg
>> >
>> > I'd like something similar to:
>> > .txt
>> > .jpg
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
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