Piping the ls -l command through grep can be used to list directories.

[user1@server1 ~]# ls -l | grep "^d"
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory1
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory2
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory3

A function can be created to do the same. For example, create a file named directories.sh that contains the following. In this example, the name of the function is xyz.

#!/bin/bash
xyz() { ls -l | grep "^d"; }

Prior to loading the function, the xyz command will produce an error, and set will not contain the xyz function.

[user1@server1 ~]# xyz
bash: xyz: command not found

[user1@server1 ~]# set | grep xyz

Load the directories.sh script using the source command.

[user1@server1 ~]# source directories.sh

Now the xyz command can be used.

[user1@server1 ~]# xyz
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory1
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory2
drwxr-xr-x  root  root  154635  Jan 01 00:01  directory3

Also, set will contain the xyz function.

[user1@server1 ~]# set | grep xyz
xyz ()

The unset command can be used to remove the function. For example, unset dir will remove the dir function.

[user1@server1 ~]# unset xyz

If you modify the directories.sh file, you will need to reload the directories.sh file using the source command again.