The number of files in a subdirectory

to be precise, the option

-type f

(only retain files) is missing
- first example:

find /mondossier -type f -name \* | wc -l

- second:

for directory in 'find /var -maxdepth 1 -type d' ; do NBF='find $directory -type f -name \* | wc -l'; echo $directory: $NBF; done

Hi Antony,

This is assistance! To perform this kind of action, you need to know how to use basic Unix commands and combine them --> for example, buy "Unix for Dummies."

To test a condition: test
To display the files in a directory: ls
To count the lines: wc
To make a comparison: test
=> we then get this:
if test $(ls -A | wc -l) -ge 10; then
# your mail sending command
fi

And don't forget to buy "Unix for Dummies!"


Nicolas

Hello
please I'm looking for a script that displays only executable files!?
thank you in advance :)

Hello,

For this case, personally, I use a simple find:

root@leela:/tmp/test# ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-04-21 11:54 pas_script -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2010-04-21 11:54 script

Executing the find to locate the executable files (here with permission 755)

root@leela:/tmp/test# find . -perm 0755 . ./script

It takes as parameters for -perm the permissions we want to search for.