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count files in directory linux

ls | wc -l

linux count files in directory

#count files in a directory faster with:
ls -f | wc -l

bash script count directories in directory

#count dirs in current dir.  ex. dir tree:  /a/b/c, /a/c/b, /a/d/
dirCount() { echo $(find "$1"* -maxdepth 0 -type d | wc -l); }
declare -l _path="/a/"
echo $(dirCount "$_path") #outputs: 3

Count files and directories using shell script

find /path/to/directory | wc -l