http://jamesconstable.co.uk/linux/count-the-number-of-files-in-a-directory-in-linux/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha http://jamesconstable.co.uk/linux/count-the-number-of-files-in-a-directory-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-548 diaspara Mon, 18 May 2009 09:16:15 +0000 http://jamesconstable.co.uk/?p=331#comment-548 Use 'ls -1p | grep -v "/" | wc -l' to count only files, not directories. Use ‘ls -1p | grep -v “/” | wc -l’ to count only files, not directories.

]]> http://jamesconstable.co.uk/linux/count-the-number-of-files-in-a-directory-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-547 James Sat, 16 May 2009 09:36:16 +0000 http://jamesconstable.co.uk/?p=331#comment-547 That's not 'ls -l' but 'ls -1' (the number 'one'). That option makes ls put each entry on a separate line - which is why we can pass it through to 'wc -l' That’s not ‘ls -l’ but ‘ls -1′ (the number ‘one’). That option makes ls put each entry on a separate line – which is why we can pass it through to ‘wc -l’

]]> http://jamesconstable.co.uk/linux/count-the-number-of-files-in-a-directory-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-546 flipouk Sat, 16 May 2009 09:07:18 +0000 http://jamesconstable.co.uk/?p=331#comment-546 I would use 'ls -l' but simply 'ls' because 'ls -l' includes a line called 'total' so if you pipe its output to 'wc -l' you will end up having the number of files in the directory + 1. F. I would use ‘ls -l’ but simply ‘ls’ because ‘ls -l’ includes a line called ‘total’ so if you pipe its output to ‘wc -l’ you will end up having the number of files in the directory + 1.
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