[Novalug] Re: [Ma-linux] How to get the number of files in a given directory

[Ken Kauffman]

Sorry.  I missed where you actually specified you needed to also locate
"hidden" files.

Ken

On Jan 9, 2008 10:37 PM, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:

> > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 08:13:43PM -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
> >> Answered my own question, I wonder why I didn't see this first:
> >>
> >> ls | wc -l
> >>
> >
> >   I flaunted my expertise for figuring that out to a more Unix-savvy
> > friend once, who promptly suggested:
> >
> > set * ; echo $#
> >
>
> Yes, but doesn't return hidden files (files that start with a '.' (dot))
>
> Jay
>
> >   The advantage is that it's all shell commands.  You don't need to hit
> > the disk to load any other programs like ls and wc.
> >
> >   It's useful when you're in some variety of a limited shell or
> > trying to repair a system with a half-dead/dieing disk.
> >
> > Clif
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