write a program to count files within a directory

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10-03-2008, 05:23 PM	#1
bio71 Member Registered: May 2006 Posts: 32 Rep:	write a program to count files within a directory Hello, This would also include subdirectories contained within. TIA KW

10-03-2008, 05:36 PM	#2
raconteur Member Registered: Dec 2007 Location: Slightly left of center Distribution: slackware Posts: 276 Blog Entries: 2 Rep:	Code: find . -type f -print \| wc -l

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