lol. Thats the same logic I came to about why it works, bc ls works without defining a "where". In fact, almost any other configuration of that command short of 'ls -d' works with a default location in mind. lol it doesnt make logical sense but thank you for your input.
If this was already posted, I apologize; I searched for it and couldnt find what I was looking for. I know that you have to use the command 'ls -d */' to show directories only but I dont understand why. What exactly is '*/' doing in the command? Im sure its a simple answer for even a beginner...