UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello Everyone,

I am using the korn shell.

I was hoping to find a set of commands to count files in a directory.

I am using:
ls /home/name/abc* | wc -l

This command works fine when a file matches abc* (returns only the file count) , however when no file(s) are found I get something similar to below:

/home/name/abc*: No such file or directory
0

I want only the 0 when a file is not found and not the path or message - 'No such file or directory' .

Can a single unix command accomplish this? Or does a script need to be written?

Thanks in advance.

Robert

redirect the error to /dev/null

Code:

ls /home/name/abc* 2>/dev/null|wc -l

Excellent. Thanks