Count the number of files in a directory and sub-directories within that directory

soumyajit.haldar · 03-20-2007, 03:15 AM

Hi all,
i want to count the number of files in a particular directory(including the files in the ub-directory also).

i have tried with
ls -1lR | wc -l

it showing 1088

but when i give just
ls -l

it showing 9833.

Actually, there is sub-directoris which also have files. Please tell me how do i get the exact count.

jschiwal · 03-20-2007, 03:21 AM

I think that I would use:
find <directory> -type f | wc -l

This will include files in subdirectories but exclude the directories themselves.

sanjaykatiyar1 · 03-20-2007, 03:53 AM

Yes, its working, but also showing the hidden files in dir/subdir,
can we exclude the hidden files?

~Sanjay

igorc · 03-20-2007, 05:47 AM

Hi,

Try this

# find <directory> -type f ! -path './.*' -print

I think this should exclude all the hidden files.

soumyajit.haldar · 03-20-2007, 06:22 AM

yes, it is working properly......

thnx a lot..........