List directories and files

psalas · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008

I want to count how many levels there are under a directory. I repeat level.

Also how i count only all the files in a directoy ( all files of all directories of all leves down!)

and how can i count only all the directories under a directory (including subdirectories, all levels down)

Please someone help me!!!

Yogesh Sawant · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by psalas

and how can i count only all the directories under a directory (including subdirectories, all levels down)

Code:

find . -mindepth 1 -type d | wc -l

spirtle · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008

To count all the files,

Code:

find dir -type f|wc -l

For the greatest subdirectory depth you could do something like the following in bash

Code:

dir=path/to/some_directory
m=0
for path in `find $dir -type d`
do
  n=`echo $path|sed s,$dir/,,|awk -F / '{print NF}'`
  [ $n -gt $m ] && m=$n
done
echo $m

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