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if you want to use find do this.

find /usr/bin -type f -name "p*.py"

I think this is what your trying to accomplish. This assumes the python scripts have an .py suffix.

ls /usr/bin/p*.py|wc -l

As far as the first question is concerned:

find /{,usr/}{,s}bin -type f -exec du {} + |
awk 'END {
print c
}
$1 && !_[$1]++ {
c++
}'

With GNU awk:

find...