Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:24:23 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>Wienand Ian wrote:
<snip>
>Actually, it worked just fine when I copied/pasted it. I'm using bash.
>As you suggested, I replaced the double-quotes with singles, and it
>works the same. Or it appears to at least.
>
>However, when I added ";ls | wc -l` Total Files'" to the end, I get a
>count of 16 directories, 8 files, and 25 Total Items. Something's not
>adding up.
You might want to use "ls -a" and "ls -al" to be sure you get the dot
files and directories eg. .emacs or .openoffice/
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another Evil Empire (tm) began its nefarious rise. -- gt
Coincidence? I think not.
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