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# 1  
Old 07-18-2007
awk command to find the count of files ina directory
hi Gurus,

can anyone provide a awk command to get teh count of number of file sin a specific directory.

appreciate any kind of information..

thanks
# 2  
Old 07-18-2007
This works but only if there actually are files in the directory... if there are only directories, or no files at all, it responds with an error and a '-1', because the 'ls -l' fails

Code:
ls -l *.* | wc | awk -F ' ' '{print $1-1}'

# 3  
Old 07-19-2007
Code:
ls -1  |awk 'END{print NR}'

# 4  
Old 07-19-2007
ls -l |grep '^-' | wc-l
# 5  
Old 07-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by aajan
ls -l |grep '^-' | wc-l
OP had asked a solution with awk Smilie

moreover the above could be modified as just
Code:
ls -1 | wc -l

# 6  
Old 07-19-2007
By doing so, it wil count the directories also my dear pal
# 7  
Old 07-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by sish78
hi Gurus,

can anyone provide a awk command to get teh count of number of file sin a specific directory.

appreciate any kind of information..

thanks
awk script for a specific directory (ie. a directory you specify) :
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {
	while ( ( "ls -l /yourdir" | getline line ) >0 ) {
		if ( line ~ /^-/ ){
			c++
		}
	}
	print "Total files: ", c
     }
'

or simply (for a specific directory):
Code:
ls -ltr | awk '/^-/{ c++;}END{print c}'
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