Bash Script To Count Files In A Directory - Shell
How to count number of files in a directory?
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This simple code allows you to count files in a directory. Use "ext" variables to count files based on extensions. Use (*) to find total file count in a directory.The bash script to count files in a directory is given below.
.sh file:
#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nullglob
for ext in jpg gif php; do
files=( *."$ext" )
printf 'Number of %s files: %dn' "$ext" "${#files[@]}"
done
a=(*)
echo 'Total Number of files' ${#a[@]}
