In comp.unix.shell JyotiC <jyoti.chhabra@gmail.com>:
> thanx for ur
> with find -type d
> it's recursively going inside the directory and giving all the
> subdirectories
> is there a way through with i get only top directories, not the sub-dir

Sure just check the fine manual 'man find' on howto restrict
'find' to descend only how deep you want.

Good luck

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