Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:13:53 -0500 From: "Craig Reyenga" <craig@craig.afraid.org> To: "Dave Carrera" <dave@ephgroup.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple file count question Message-ID: <000701c40b26$3d5797f0$0200000a@redline> References: <002501c40b24$8c600e10$0301a8c0@daveslaptop>
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find /path/to/dir -type f -name db\* -print | wc -l would count the number of files that begin with 'db' in the name, under the '/path/to/dir' directory. man find and man wc for more action. -Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carrera" <dave@ephgroup.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:01 AM Subject: Simple file count question Hi List, I know this is going to be simple but I cant find a suitable answer by trawling the web so I ask how do I count the number of certain files in a directory? So I am in my dir and want to count how many files begin with db and show me the number. I hope you can help me and thank you in advance for any help you may give Dave C --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.622 / Virus Database: 400 - Release Date: 13/03/2004 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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