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

[Kevin Dwyer]

On 1/10/08, Matt Thompson <matthew.thompson at nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>
> # Count all files
> $ python -c "import os; print sum(len(files) for root, dirs, files in
> os.walk('.'))"
>
> # Count all directories
> $ python -c "import os; print sum(len(dirs) for root, dirs, files in
> os.walk('.'))"
>

os.walk descends into subdirectories so it's not exactly what you want.  Try
os.listdir('.').

(And yikes, python syntax has changed a bit since 2.3.)

-kpd
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