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Count the files in a directory (Linux) [message #301819] Tue, 06 October 2015 09:18
CyberkNight is currently offline  CyberkNight
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To count the files in the current directory, use the following command:

ls -1 . | wc -l


For more info and other variations, see: http://linuxcommando.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-count-numbe r-of-files-in.html

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