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【Shell】Count the number of files in a directory

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This is a tutorial on how to count the number of files in a directory using Shell. It provides commands to count all types of files and specific types of files. The commands use ls, grep, and wc to search and count the files.

Counting the number of all types of files

ls -lR /path/ | grep "^-" | wc -l

R represents searching for files in all subdirectories

^- represents searching for regular files

^d represents searching for directories

wc -l represents counting the number of output lines

Counting the number of specific type of files

ls -lR /path/ | grep "type" | wc -l

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