counting number of files

akin81 · 03-17-2004, 10:29 PM

Is there a command in Linux counting the number of files in a directory and all its subdirectories?

Kovacs · 03-17-2004, 10:46 PM

ls -R | wc -l

akin81 · 03-18-2004, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kovacs
ls -R | wc -l

is there a better solution in stead of counting number of lines?

Demonbane · 03-18-2004, 01:49 AM

maybe

Code:

find . -type f | wc -l

?

that doesnt count symbolic links though

Tinkster · 03-18-2004, 01:56 AM

None I know of in standard installations ... but you
can probaly write something in C.

Cheers,
Tink

jkunkel · 03-25-2004, 01:48 PM

Here is a small script to count the number of files directories and sym links in a directory.

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let COUNT=0

for i in $1/*
do
let COUNT+=1
done

echo $COUNT

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example command:

count ./

with a few more modifications to the script it could count all files in sub directories also.

Enjoy!

Tinkster · 03-25-2004, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jkunkel
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let COUNT=0

for i in $1/*
do
let COUNT+=1
done

echo $COUNT

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You sure that's more efficient than

Code:

ls -R | wc -l

? :)

Cheers,
Tink