Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:35:01 +0100 From: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> To: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Determining the number of files in a directory Message-ID: <472C7905.5020307@cederstrand.dk> In-Reply-To: <20071103124932.GB3207@torus.slightlystrange.org> References: <538619.51984.qm@web34408.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20071103124151.GA3207@torus.slightlystrange.org> <20071103124932.GB3207@torus.slightlystrange.org>
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Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +0000, Daniel Bye wrote: >>> [...] >>> Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a >>> given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different >>> flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of >>> files in the directory. >> $ ls | wc -l >> >> will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) >> directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try >> something like >> >> $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're trying > not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send before you've > tested what you scribbled. ls -aF | grep -v /$ | wc -l is a quick, if somewhat ugly, way to do it. It counts the dotfiles too. Erik
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