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# 1  
Old 10-18-2019
Calculating how many sub directories and files in 'documents/'

I'm learning Linux through a gameshell.

Like the title says; I need to find the amount of sub directories and files in 'documents/'. The command runs fine but its the not the right answer. Here's my command :

Code:
find docuemnts/ -type f | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'

What am i doing wrong ?
# 2  
Old 10-19-2019
Have you considered using:

Code:
-type d

in addition to:

Code:
-type f

??

Edit: Updated typo.
# 3  
Old 10-19-2019
There is nothing wrong but a typo.
-type f shows files.
-type d shows directories.
\( -type f -o -type d \) shows both.
Assuming there are only files and directories, you can simply show everything
Code:
find documents/

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