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# 1  
Old 12-28-2007
Provide a count of files
Hi,

I'm a unix newbie and need your help.

I need to get a count of files on our server. Number of .html files, Number of .pdf's, and Number of .ppt.

I tried:

find . -type f | wc -l

but it only give me a total count.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 12-28-2007
Code:
find . -name \*.pdf|wc -l
find . -name \*.html|wc -l
...

# 3  
Old 12-28-2007
Great! That worked.

Is there a way to exclude a directory?

Thanks for your quick response.
# 4  
Old 12-28-2007
Add your -type f back in the mix
# 5  
Old 12-30-2007
u can use something like this find \*.{pdf,ppt} | wc -l

but it will not work bourne shell Smilie
# 6  
Old 12-30-2007
Code:
find /home -type f | awk 'BEGIN{ FS="[/.]"}
{
 ext[$NF]++
}
END{
   print "No. of counts for pdf files is " ext["pdf"]
}'

 
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