easy one
 

how can i count the number of directory in a directory

ls -d is not working
tell me if anyone of u know
thanks

Try the 'tree' command. You may need to install it first, it is not installed by default on all distros.

It will count directories and files.

Re: easy one
 

As always in Linux/Unix there's more than one way ...

ls -l | grep "^d" |wc -l
echo "$((`find -type d -maxdepth 1|wc -l` - 1))"

Cheers,
Tink

ls -1d [dirname]/* | wc -l

this won't recurse though...

Plus it will count any ordinary file as well ...


Cheers,
Tink

Right you are, so it seems. I should have tested it first ;)

thanks u people have given me exat answer