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# 1  
Old 08-26-2007
How to learn the number of files under a particular folder, containing subfolders
Hi ALL

I would like know how many files there under a particular folder, which contains subfolders.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 08-26-2007
Code:
find /folder -type -f | wc -l

# 3  
Old 08-26-2007
zsh:

Code:
set -- **/*(.D);print $#

Last edited by radoulov; 08-27-2007 at 11:35 AM.. Reason: correction
# 4  
Old 08-27-2007
this will work for you...

find /folder -type f | wc -l
# 5  
Old 08-29-2007
I'm not 100% sure of what the question. The find answers above count the number of regular files in a particular folder which doesnt appear to be the question.

I *think* this code will give you the answer you seek

Code:
#!/bin/sh

for dir in `find $1 -type d`
do
  if [ "$dir" = "." ]
  then
    continue
  fi

  for file in `find $dir`
  do
    if [ "$file" = "." -o "$file" = ".." -o "$file" = "$dir" ]
    then
      continue
    fi

    if [ -d $file ]
    then
      echo "$dir contains subdirectories ($file)"
      break
    fi
  done
done

Save this to a file, say 'mysearch.sh' and then use is like this:

Code:
mysearch.sh <folder to search>

If this is not what you need then please can you clarify the question, perhaps with a simple example.
# 6  
Old 09-01-2007
You didn't explicitly say you wanted the files of the subfolders in your count. So, if you are only wanting a file count of only the files in your top folder, but NOT the files in the subfolders of that folder, try this:

ls -l /path/to/folder | grep -v ^d | wc -l
 
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