Anything that counts files will have to do so the same way: checking directory entries. So there's no special "faster ls". (If there was, why wouldn't we use it for everything?)
If you can compile on this machine, this program can provide a running total, updated once a second:
It only reads from stdin.
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Originally Posted by verdepollo
I'm still trying to figure out how to count those files. It would be enough for me if I could find out an approximate value, and not the exact number.
Very approximate since it includes directory entries as well, but since counting 4 million files is going to be hard, it might have to do.
I am trying to write a script that will look for a file in a directory, then remove it. I need it to loop until it has removed a certain number of files. Is it better to do a repeat or to list each file in a pattern? Files will be numbered like RAF.01.*, RAF.02.*, etc. Thanks, James (6 Replies)
Some simple questions from a simple man.
If i wanted to count the number of files contained within a directory, say /tmp would ls -l /tmp ¦ wc -l suffice and will it be accurate?
second one: How would i check the number of files with a certain string in the filename, in the same directory.
... (2 Replies)
I want to count the no of lines for files (.c and .h) present in a directory structure.
My code is:
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: linecount.sh directory_name
for file in $(find $1 -name ); do
wc -l "$file" >> filecount.txt
done
Problem is that the directory structure is really big... (3 Replies)
I have 20 files in a direcotry like BARE01_DLY_MKT_YYYYMMDD. The MKT differes for all these files but the remaining syntax remains the same for a particular day. If I am checking for today I need to make sure that there are 20 files that start with BARE01_DLY_MKT_20060720. How can I write a... (31 Replies)
I've never toyed with awk, but it seems every time I present an elegant 2- to 8-line script, someone comes back with an awk 1-liner.
I just came up with this to count all the lines of source code in a directory. How would I do it in awk?
LINES=0
for n in $(wc -l *.cpp *.h | cut -b-7); do
... (2 Replies)
Hello, I'm writing a script in sh in which the first command line argument is a directory. from that, i'm suppose to count the number of readable, writable, and executable items in the directory. I know using $1 represents the directory, and ls would display all the items in the directory, and that... (4 Replies)
Help Needed !
Can we count number of folders of specific date in a directory, even if directory has folders of different dates.
Please reply as soon as possible. (1 Reply)
I am trying to display the output of ls and also print the number of characters in EVERY file name. This is what I have so far:
#!/bin/sh
for x in `ls`; do
echo The number of characters in x | wc -m
done
Any help appreciated (1 Reply)
So I have a loop that stated if a directory exists or not. If it does it prints the number of files within that directory. I use this code...
result=`(ls -l . | egrep -c '^-')`
However, no matter which directory I input, it outputs the number "2"
What is wrong here? (4 Replies)
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sdl_addtimer
SDL_AddTimer(3) SDL API Reference SDL_AddTimer(3)NAME
SDL_AddTimer - Add a timer which will call a callback after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed.
SYNOPSIS
#include "SDL.h"
SDL_TimerID SDL_AddTimer(Uint32 interval, SDL_NewTimerCallback callback, void *param);
CALLBACK
/* type definition for the "new" timer callback function */
typedef Uint32 (*SDL_NewTimerCallback)(Uint32 interval, void *param);
DESCRIPTION
Adds a callback function to be run after the specified number of milliseconds has elapsed. The callback function is passed the current
timer interval and the user supplied parameter from the SDL_AddTimer call and returns the next timer interval. If the returned value from
the callback is the same as the one passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a new alarm is scheduled.
To cancel a currently running timer call SDL_RemoveTimer with the timer ID returned from SDL_AddTimer.
The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your main program, and so shouldn't call any functions from within itself.
You may always call SDL_PushEvent, however.
The granularity of the timer is platform-dependent, but you should count on it being at least 10 ms as this is the most common number. This
means that if you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms later on an unloaded system. If you wanted to set a
flag signaling a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a timer for 30 ms (see example below). If you use this
function, you need to pass SDL_INIT_TIMER to SDL_Init.
RETURN VALUE
Returns an ID value for the added timer or NULL if there was an error.
EXAMPLES
my_timer_id = SDL_AddTimer((33/10)*10, my_callbackfunc, my_callback_param);
SEE ALSO
SDL_RemoveTimer, SDL_PushEvent
SDL Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01 SDL_AddTimer(3)