Unix Linux

Count Files in a Directory

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$ ls -lR ./collection | grep "^-" | wc -l
$ ls -lR ./collection | grep "^d" | wc -l
$ ls -l ./collection | grep "^-" | wc -l
  • R Recursive subdirectory.
  • ^- Indicates a file.
  • ^d Indicates a directory.
  • wc -l Count the number of lines of output information.
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