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Old 01-22-2009
how many directories and files are there in a directory
I want to know how many directories and files are there in a directory and if the sub directory have any files i also need that also .
I have done this far ....
Quote:
df=`ls -1 | wc -l`
f=`ls -l | grep -v "^d" | wc -l | bc`
tf=`expr $f - 1`
td=`expr $df - $tf`
# 2  
Old 01-22-2009
Use find with -type f or d and then use wc ...
# 3  
Old 01-22-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by smongam
I want to know how many directories and files are there in a directory and if the sub directory have any files i also need that also .
I have done this far ....
Code:
df=`ls -1 | wc -l`
f=`ls -l | grep -v "^d" | wc -l | bc`
tf=`expr $f - 1`
td=`expr $df - $tf`


No external commands are necessary:

Code:
set -- *
numfiles=$#
set -- */
numdirs=$#

printf "%13s: %d\n" Files "$(( $numfiles - $numdirs ))" Directories "$numdirs"

EDIT: I missed the requirement for counting subdiretories.

Code:
numfiles=$( find "$DIR" -type f | wc -l )
numdirs=$( find "$DIR" -type d | wc -l )
printf "%13s: %d\n" Files "$numfiles" Directories "$numdirs"

Last edited by cfajohnson; 01-22-2009 at 02:18 PM..
# 4  
Old 01-22-2009
Code:
One way is to walk the tree.  First pass finds all the directories,
then we count all the files and directories under each directory.
Grossly inefficient on a deep tree ... but short to code.

#!/bin/ksh
(
find . -type d -print|while read SUBDIR
do
        COUNTER=$(find "${SUBDIR}" -print|wc -l)
        echo "${SUBDIR} : ${COUNTER}"
done
) 2>&1 | pg

Last edited by methyl; 01-22-2009 at 02:15 PM.. Reason: too wide!
# 5  
Old 01-22-2009
cfajohnson and myself are placing different interpretation on the phrase "directories and files". Which is right?
On this forum an example of input and expected output is useful.
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