RE: quick howto-command questions?
If you're just interested in the current directory for #1, 3 and 4, they are
just variations of:
ls -la | wc -l
or
ls -la *.c
If you want to look down a subdirectory tree use:
find . -name \*.c -print | wc -l
-mk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David B. Harris [mailto:dbarclay10@yahoo.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 6:38 AM
> To: john smith
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: quick howto-command questions?
>
>
> To quote "john smith" <inquirer23@hotmail.com>,
> # 1. How can I find out the total number of files (also hidden) in the
> current
> # directory?
> #
> # 2. How can I find out the total number of executable files (also
> hidden) in
> # the current directory?
> #
> # 3. how to find the total number of files of a given an extension?
> # (ex."*.tar.gz")
> #
> # 4.how to list files alphabetically that end in "*.c"?
>
> You can use 'find' for all of those. 'man find' :)
>
> David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
> Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
>
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