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Old 02-17-2010
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# 9  
Old 02-17-2010
Code:
#!/someposixsh

# number of regular files in directory
currdir=$PWD
for dir in $(find .  -type d)
do
        cd $currdir/$dir
        files=$( find .  -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l )
        echo "$files $dir"
done | sort -k 1,1nr
echo ____________________________________________________________________
# number of regular files in directory+subtree
cd $currdir
for dir in $(find .  -type d)
do
        cd $currdir/$dir
        files=$( find .  -type f | wc -l )
        echo "$files $dir"
done | sort -k 1,1nr

# 10  
Old 03-17-2010
Hammer & Screwdriver

this is what I would do:

find /bigdir -type d -print | while read D
do
echo "$D\t `ls -l $D | grep -c -v ^D`"
done
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