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Old 04-19-2013
Listing no. of files in UNIX with common prefix name
Hi,
I am entirely new to Unix, need your help to perform certain actions in unix:

Can anyone please tell me how to list the number of files in UNIX with Common prefix name. "I want just the number of files and not the names of files".

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-19-2013
Try the following, assuming the prefix is "Common":
Code:
ls Common* | wc -l

# 3  
Old 04-19-2013
Not sure what you mean with "files in UNIX". For the number of files with common prefix in some directory, use
Code:
ls prefix* | wc -l

# 4  
Old 04-19-2013
I tried with ls | wc -l *prefix*

But its giving me list of files with thier respective name..I just want the number(quantity) of files, as the files are more than 100
# 5  
Old 04-19-2013
Can't you read?
# 6  
Old 04-19-2013
First, do this:
Code:
 ls *prefix*

Then, do this, and you will see the difference:
Code:
 ls *prefix* | wc -l

# 7  
Old 04-19-2013
Do this :

Code:
find . -name "*prefix*" -exec wc -l {} \;

Last edited by Scott; 04-21-2013 at 05:10 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 
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