type discriminating directory listing

[Guy Harris]

>what would be the command for getting a partial directory listings
>of only the subdirectories and symbolic-links ?

If you mean "what would be the command for listing all those files
within a particular directory that are either subdirectories or symbolic
links", try "ls -l | egrep '^[dl]'".  If you want a recursive listing of
that flavor, try "find . \( -type d -o -type l \) -print".