file count in directory and sub-directories

[grapes12]

I have two commands with different counts on the same directory.
directory /u1/oracle

find . -name '*' | wc -l
   69355

find . -type f -print | wc -l
   64008

I am assuming the first command includes hiden files and the second does not. Am I correct in my assumption or not.
How would I know what is the true count on the directory?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Compare the lists generated by those two commands to see what differs :

diff [teal]<([/teal] find [teal].[/teal] -name [green][i]'*'[/i][/green] [teal])[/teal] [teal]<([/teal] find [teal].[/teal] -type f -print [teal])[/teal]

( You will need a shell supporting process substitution for the above command, for example Bash or Zsh. If none available, use temporary files instead. )

For example :

[blue]master #[/blue] touch .one two; mkdir three

[blue]master #[/blue] ls -l 
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 master master 48 May 27 11:11 three/
-rw-r--r-- 1 master master  0 May 27 11:11 two

[blue]master #[/blue] find . -name '*'
.
./two
./.one
./three

[blue]master #[/blue] find . -type f -print
./two
./.one

[blue]master #[/blue] diff <( find . -name '*' ) <( find . -type f -print )
1d0
< .
4d2
< ./three

As you can see, the hidden file is included in both lists, but the directories not.


Feherke.
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