How to use ls to group directory symlinks with other directories

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ls --group-directories-first displays all directories before files, but if there is a symlink to a directory, it is displayed among the files. Is there a way to group directory-symlinks with other regular directories?

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Consider using -L. For example:

$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 ja users    0 Dec 20 13:23 A
drwxr-xr-x 2 ja users 4096 Dec 20 13:23 b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ja users    1 Dec 20 13:23 sl -> b
$ ls --group-directories-first -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 ja users 4096 Dec 20 13:23 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 ja users    0 Dec 20 13:23 A
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ja users    1 Dec 20 13:23 sl -> b
$ ls --group-directories-first -lL
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 ja users 4096 Dec 20 13:23 b
drwxr-xr-x 2 ja users 4096 Dec 20 13:23 sl
-rw-r--r-- 1 ja users    0 Dec 20 13:23 A

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How to copy directory structure without removing symlinks

Use rsync's option -K (--keep-dirlinks). From the manpage:

 -K, --keep-dirlinks
      This  option  causes  the  receiving side  to  treat  a
      symlink  to  a  directory  as though  it  were  a  real
      directory, but only if it matches a real directory from
      the  sender.   Without   this  option,  the  receiver’s
      symlink  would  be deleted  and  replaced  with a  real
      directory.

      For example, suppose you  transfer a directory foo that
      contains a file file, but foo is a symlink to directory
      bar  on  the  receiver.  Without  --keep-dirlinks,  the
      receiver  deletes  symlink  foo,   recreates  it  as  a
      directory,  and   receives  the   file  into   the  new
      directory.   With --keep-dirlinks,  the receiver  keeps
      the symlink and file ends up in bar.

      One note  of caution:  if you  use --keep-dirlinks, you
      must  trust all  the symlinks  in the  copy!  If  it is
      possible  for an  untrusted  user to  create their  own
      symlink to  any directory,  the user  could then  (on a
      subsequent  copy)  replace  the  symlink  with  a  real
      directory and affect the  content of whatever directory
      the  symlink references.   For backup  copies, you  are
      better off using something like a bind mount instead of
      a symlink to modify your receiving hierarchy.

      See also  --copy-dirlinks for  an analogous  option for
      the sending side.

Bash – How to list hidden directories, then directories, then hidden files and finally files with ls

The straightforward way :

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '.*'
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d \! -name '.*'
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '.*'
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f \! -name '.*'

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