[TriLUG] file and directory count

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 16:23, JoJo Almario wrote:
> I have a newbie question.  Is there a command (like du -, or ls-  ) that 
> will give me a file and directory count?  like how many files and 
> directories under /home/users without having to count them one by one 
> after doing a "du" or an "ls" or "ll -a" command?


Well, if you want a count of directories you can do this:

find /home/users -type d | wc -l

Conversely for a count of files you can do this:

find /home/users -type f | wc -l

If you want a count of both directories *and* files together,
try:

find /home/users | wc -l

Cheers,
Tanner
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