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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Count files in a folder

ls -l | wc -l

Number of files
ls -l | grep ^- | wc -l

Number of folders
ls -l | grep ^d | wc -l

Number of symbolic links
ls -l | grep ^l | wc -l
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  1. Vikas SharmaFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM

    [List of all files (including in subfolders as well)]
    find /root/Desktop/september_task_TUI/ -type f | wc -l

    [List of all subfolders]
    find /root/Desktop/september_task_TUI/ -type f | wc -d

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  2. Vikas SharmaFebruary 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    [List of all subfolders]
    find /root/Desktop/september_task_TUI/ -type f | wc -d xxxx

    find /root/Desktop/september_task_TUI/ -type d
    find /root/Desktop/september_task_TUI/ -type d | wc -l

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