Count number of files within a directory in Linux? [closed]
Solution 1:
this is one:
ls -l . | egrep -c '^-'
Note:
ls -1 | wc -l
Which means:
ls: list files in dir
-1: (that's a ONE) only one entry per line. Change it to -1a if you want hidden files too
|: pipe output onto...
wc: "wordcount"
-l: count lines.