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Old 04-11-2008
unix command to cound the number of files in a folder

Hi All

Can some one help me out.

Please tell the unix command to cound the number of files in a folder.

Ungent please#

Thanks manas
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Old 04-11-2008
Code:
ls | wc -l

# 3  
Old 04-11-2008
Hi Duke

Thanks for the information its working.

I have one more clarification.

if I have a directory among the files and that particular directory have some more files. What to do in this regard.

I have tried with ls -R| wc -l
but it is giving the working count. Giving one extra couont.
Thanks in advance

Last edited by manas6; 04-11-2008 at 07:52 AM.. Reason: misstyped
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Old 04-11-2008
If your folder has directories and files, and you want to count only files, use the below.
Code:
ls -l | grep ^[^d] | wc -l

i.e., listing objects which are not directories, and counting them.
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Old 04-11-2008
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Originally Posted by manas6
Hi Duke

Thanks for the information its working.

I have one more clarification.

if I have a directory among the files and that particular directory have some more files. What to do in this regard.

I have tried with ls -R| wc -l
but it is giving the working count. Giving one extra couont.
Thanks in advance
In that case, use this command
Code:
find ./ -type f | wc -l

It will find all files recursively and count them.
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Old 04-11-2008
Hi krish

find ./ -type f | wc -l this is working fine

Thanks for the information

Regards
Manas
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Old 04-21-2008
count number of files in a folder

If you want to count the number if files in a folder, assume it is your present working directory then you try this

ls -F | grep -v -e "/" -e "@" | wc -w

this will show you number of files but not any directory or link count.

If you would like to list out number of all the objects excluding directory then use

ls -F | grep -v "/" | wc -w
 
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