Today's article involves the find command...

[KGIII]

You can do a great deal with the find command and this time we specify that we want to find files and then use that output to count the number of files in a directory.

It's not complicated, but is a good way to use commands you already have to accomplish your goals.

Count The Files In A Directory • Linux Tips

I think I've covered this before with the ls command but this time we'll count the files in a directory with the find command.

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It seems like this one missed the publication schedule. So, I had to fire it off manually when I noticed. Sometimes WordPress messes this sort of thing up but it's seldom, so I'll take it.

 

[Diputs]

Ah ! One of my favourite commands

Just discovered the " -mount " option.
I don't myself but it should be mandatory some way to read the complete man pages of a given command, or at least any command with lots of potential, and to go through every single parameter. Just read it like a book