Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
White Hat wrote:
> This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing like
> that bother me in the past.
>
> Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a given
> directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different flags with
> the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of files in the
> directory.
>
> Other than, by writing a script to accomplish this feat, how could I achieve
> my goal?
I find that the most intuitive way is to use something like:
find . -maxdepth 1 | wc -l
Where you can specify how many levels of subdirectories to include in
the count. Please note that count also includes the current directory (".").
To exclude hidden files (.*), use
find * -maxdepth 0 | wc -l
or
expr `ls -l | wc -l` - 1
instead.
>
> Thanks!
>
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Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 09:07:18PM +0100, cpghost wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:44:43 -0400
> John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Saturday 03 November 2007, Daniel Bye wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote:
> > > > > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little
> > > > > thing like that bother me in the past.
> > > >
> > > > Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included!
> > > >
> > > > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of
> > > > > files in a given directory? I have tried all sorts of
> > > > > combinations using different flags with the 'ls' command;
> > > > > however, none of them displays the number of files in the
> > > > > directory.
> > > >
> > > > $ ls | wc -l
> > > >
> > > > will show you how many files and directories in the current
> > > > (target) directory. To count just files, and exclude directories,
> > > > you could try something like
> > > >
> > > > $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l
> > >
> > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're
> > > trying not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send
> > > before you've tested what you scribbled.
> >
> > find /target/directory -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l
> >
> > should do the trick. See also man find and man wc, of course.
>
> That's better than ls(1), which is terribly slow at displaying
> (actually: at sorting) large directories. In this case, better
> turn off sorting with 'ls -f':
>
> $ time ls -f /usr/local/news/News | wc -l
> 0.42 real 0.29 user 0.07 sys
>35935
>
> $ time ls /usr/local/news/News | wc -l
> 147.02 real33.92 user 0.07 sys
>35935
And ls -lf makes working with awk faster, too. E.g:
% ls -lf | awk '$8 == 2007 {print $9}'
% ls -ltf | awk '$8 == 2007 {print $9}'
If you've got a large number of files, ls -lf is roughly
twice as fast.
gary
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Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 10:44:43 -0400 John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 03 November 2007, Daniel Bye wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: > > > > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little > > > > thing like that bother me in the past. > > > > > > Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! > > > > > > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of > > > > files in a given directory? I have tried all sorts of > > > > combinations using different flags with the 'ls' command; > > > > however, none of them displays the number of files in the > > > > directory. > > > > > > $ ls | wc -l > > > > > > will show you how many files and directories in the current > > > (target) directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, > > > you could try something like > > > > > > $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l > > > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're > > trying not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send > > before you've tested what you scribbled. > > find /target/directory -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l > > should do the trick. See also man find and man wc, of course. That's better than ls(1), which is terribly slow at displaying (actually: at sorting) large directories. In this case, better turn off sorting with 'ls -f': $ time ls -f /usr/local/news/News | wc -l 0.42 real 0.29 user 0.07 sys 35935 $ time ls /usr/local/news/News | wc -l 147.02 real33.92 user 0.07 sys 35935 -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
Daniel Bye wrote: On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: [...] Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of files in the directory. $ ls | wc -l will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try something like $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're trying not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send before you've tested what you scribbled. ls -aF | grep -v /$ | wc -l is a quick, if somewhat ugly, way to do it. It counts the dotfiles too. Erik ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 12:49 +, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: > > > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing > > > like > > > that bother me in the past. > > > > Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! > > > > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a > > > given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different > > > flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of > > > files in the directory. > > > > $ ls | wc -l > > > > will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) > > directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try > > something like > > > > $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're trying > not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send before you've > tested what you scribbled. $ find /target/directory -maxdepth 1 -type f -print | wc -l should do what you want though. > > Dan > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Saturday 03 November 2007, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: > > > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing > > > like that bother me in the past. > > > > Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! > > > > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in > > > a given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using > > > different flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays > > > the number of files in the directory. > > > > $ ls | wc -l > > > > will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) > > directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try > > something like > > > > $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're > trying not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send > before you've tested what you scribbled. find /target/directory -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l should do the trick. See also man find and man wc, of course. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: >>> This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing like >>> that bother me in the past. >> Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! >> >>> Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a >>> given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different >>> flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of >>> files in the directory. >> $ ls | wc -l >> >> will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) >> directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try >> something like >> >> $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l > > Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're trying > not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send before you've > tested what you scribbled. > > Dan > Well just use the Unix tool for everything - grep: $ ls -F | grep -Ev '/$'|wc -l or if you also want to exclude symlinks: $ ls -F | grep -Ev '/$|@$'|wc -l ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
El día Saturday, November 03, 2007 a las 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat escribió: > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing like > that bother me in the past. > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a given > directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different flags with > the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of files in the > directory. > > Other than, by writing a script to accomplish this feat, how could I achieve > my goal? $ ls | wc -l 293 matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:51PM +, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: > > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing like > > that bother me in the past. > > Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! > > > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a > > given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different > > flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of > > files in the directory. > > $ ls | wc -l > > will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) > directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try > something like > > $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l Except of course, that would descend into the subdirectories you're trying not to count... Sorry - an object lesson in not hitting send before you've tested what you scribbled. Dan -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpxwNPZjXDGB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Determining the number of files in a directory
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:27:06AM -0700, White Hat wrote: > This is probably a dumb question; however, I never let a little thing like > that bother me in the past. Heheh! You and many more, my friend, myself absolutely included! > Using FreeBSD-6.2 and Bash, how do I determine the number of files in a > given directory? I have tried all sorts of combinations using different > flags with the 'ls' command; however, none of them displays the number of > files in the directory. $ ls | wc -l will show you how many files and directories in the current (target) directory. To count just files, and exclude directories, you could try something like $ find /target/directory -type f -print | wc -l Dan -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpfFHUz0Kapy.pgp Description: PGP signature
