List containing directory?

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I have a database where each product has a directory, beneath that are the various versions. e.g.

product1
product1/a.b.c
product1/a.b.d
product2
product3
product3/n.m.o
product4 etc.

Some products have no versions.

I want to list all products that have versions available, so ls -1d mydatabase/*/*.*.* works but gives me all matches. I want to reduce this list to show just the containing folders;

e.g.
product1 product3 etc.

ls -1 mydatabase/*/*.*.*/.. doesnt work.

Any ideas?

 

[PHV]

You may try something like this:
ls -1d mydatabase/*/*.*.* | awk -F/ '{print $2}' | sort -u

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[Ygor]

Try...
[tt] ls -1d mydatabase/*/*.*.* | grep / | cut -d / -f1 | uniq[/tt]

 

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Perfect! Thanks.