UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi,

i have one scenario that i want to count the no of files in the specified Directory.

if if put the

ls -rtl | grep "^d" --> Retreive the list of directory only
ls -rtl | grep "^-r" --> Retreive the list of files only

But i want to know if i pass the directory name i want to count the no of files are there in the dir

Let me know if need more details on this.

Thanks,
Siva.P
Bangalore

If you pass the directory name to ls -ltr, it should work.

ls -ltr my_dir | grep "^d"

one way

Code:

fullpath=/path/directory
find $fullpath -type f | wc -l 
find $fullpath -type d | wc -l

find /path/directory -type f -print | wc -l
find /path/directory -type d -print | wc -l

Above commands is recursive by nature. You can limit it to current directory with option "-maxdepth 1".