--- Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I get a count of the number of files in a directory? > directory + subdirectoies?
Crudely: ls -1 | wc -l (note the "-1" option to 'ls' is hyphen-one, NOT lower-case L, which is what the option to 'wc' is). -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
