List how many files in a directory linux

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You can also subscribe without commenting. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Show 1 more comment. On Ubuntu Frax Frax 2 2 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. As you said, -1 is not needed. Implementations may provide this option by default if the output is to a terminal device. Thanks for your input. Changed -b to -q. Currently includes directories in its file count.

To be most complete we need an easy way to omit those when needed. JoshHabdas It says "probably". Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Do you really want to create 13, positional parameters? Dennis: part of the point was to avoid forking. I guess that's not a 21st century concern. So what I want to count is the number of parameters that aren't the first parameter. I can't use shift because I need to keep the variable name around.

Umm, now if you'd asked about the first line Dennis: come to think of it, I can use shift if I time it right. With the GNU implementation of find : find -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf. Note however that -printf is a GNU-only extension. Jbnair Jbnair 51 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges.

Elijah Lynn 8 8 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. When I type tree, I get a sort of tree output to the screen of the directory I am in but I cannot see where the number of files is shown. HalosGhost 4, 10 10 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. DaboD DaboD 21 2 2 bronze badges. Gives a value of 1 if no files in directory. Doesn't count files, counts files and directories. Community Bot 1. Dennis Williamson Dennis Williamson 6, 1 1 gold badge 29 29 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges.

For a simple directory listing, at the Unix prompt, enter:. This command will list the names of all the files and directories in the current working directory. Neither the options nor the filename are required you may use ls by itself to see all the files in a directory. You may have multiple options and multiple filenames on a line.

The options available with ls are far too numerous to list here, but you can see them all in the online manual man pages. The options can be combined. To list all the files in a directory in the long format, with marks for the types of files, you would enter:.