Create unix-count-files-in-directory.md

Author: Denevell - Mainly a mobile developer

unix-count-files-in-directory.md

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+Title: Count the files in a directory
+Tags: unix
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+    ls -1 | wc -l
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+That lists the files (-1 doesn't include the TOTAL line) and pipes the output for word count, that with the -l parameter counts of lines.
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+This includes sub directories, however. This:
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+    find . -maxdepath 1 -t f | wc -l
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+doesn't (only searches files in a maximum folder depth of one), but it does include hidden files, however.