On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 14:04, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > Is there any package that enables one to count the number of files in a directory(s) and/or number of packages installed on a system. Thanks... The bottom of my Synaptic window shows: 15015 packages listed, 972 installed, 0 broken, 0 to install/upgrade, 0 to remove. hth Chris -- Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>