how to count number of file?

[bengalliboy]

What would be the best way to do a count of file(s) in a dir? I don't want to count any sub dir that may reside in the dir that I am presently in. TIA

 

[Chapter11]

ls -l | grep -v "^d" | wc -l

ls -l to get long output
grep -v "^d" filters off all lines beginning with "d" (which in ls -al output are directories)
wc -l counts the number of lines in the resulting output

 

[bengalliboy]

Great, Thanks

 

[KenCunningham]

You might also want to grep -v "^total" if your ls -l prints a total as the first line.

 

[dchoulette]

What about hidden files (with a dot a first character). If you want to count them use

ls -lA

(not needed if you are root).

 

[toolkit]

Another way to get all files, including hidden files [note: although this uses find, it does not recurse]

find . \( -type d ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f -print \) | wc -l

Cheers, Neil