[SunHELP] total Number of Files in A Directory

[Phil Stracchino]

Abrar, Saaim M. wrote:
> Hello Gurus,
> 
> How do we know total number of files in a directory on Solaris and AIX.

1.  To find the total number of file and directory entries in the
directory foo, use ls:

ls -ld foo
note the link count, subtract 2.


2.  To find the total number of files and directories in the directory
foo and its subdirectories, use find:

find foo/ -type f | wc -l		to count files
find foo/ -type d | wc -l		to count subdirectories
find foo/ -print | wc -l		to count everything

See man find for more information.


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