---
date: 2019-08-26T15:19:45+01:00
title: "rclone lsd"
slug: rclone_lsd
url: /commands/rclone_lsd/
---
## rclone lsd
List all directories/containers/buckets in the path.
### Synopsis
Lists the directories in the source path to standard output. Does not
recurse by default. Use the -R flag to recurse.
This command lists the total size of the directory (if known, -1 if
not), the modification time (if known, the current time if not), the
number of objects in the directory (if known, -1 if not) and the name
of the directory, Eg
$ rclone lsd swift:
494000 2018-04-26 08:43:20 10000 10000files
65 2018-04-26 08:43:20 1 1File
Or
$ rclone lsd drive:test
-1 2016-10-17 17:41:53 -1 1000files
-1 2017-01-03 14:40:54 -1 2500files
-1 2017-07-08 14:39:28 -1 4000files
If you just want the directory names use "rclone lsf --dirs-only".
Any of the filtering options can be applied to this command.
There are several related list commands
* `ls` to list size and path of objects only
* `lsl` to list modification time, size and path of objects only
* `lsd` to list directories only
* `lsf` to list objects and directories in easy to parse format
* `lsjson` to list objects and directories in JSON format
`ls`,`lsl`,`lsd` are designed to be human readable.
`lsf` is designed to be human and machine readable.
`lsjson` is designed to be machine readable.
Note that `ls` and `lsl` recurse by default - use "--max-depth 1" to stop the recursion.
The other list commands `lsd`,`lsf`,`lsjson` do not recurse by default - use "-R" to make them recurse.
Listing a non existent directory will produce an error except for
remotes which can't have empty directories (eg s3, swift, gcs, etc -
the bucket based remotes).
```
rclone lsd remote:path [flags]
```
### Options
```
-h, --help help for lsd
-R, --recursive Recurse into the listing.
```
See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
### SEE ALSO
* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.