SHELL

count files linux

ls | wc -l #Count files on current directory
ls path/to/dir | wc -l #Count files on specific directory path

count file linux

$ ls -l | wc -l

269

$ ls | wc -l

268

count file linux

$ find /etc -type f | wc -l

2074

count file linux

$ ls /etc | wc -l

268