On 26/09/2018 10:27, Long Wind wrote:
> can ls show number of items in a folder?Thanks!
I use:
ls -1 | wc -l
To include items whose names start with ".", add the "a" or "A" argument
to ls ("man ls" for details).
For more advanced searches (recursive or filtering on file type), I use
find.
Kind regards.
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <
ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <
https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand