-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Rafal Maszkowski on 10/8/2008 3:16 PM: > It happens to me that I need to count files in directories. du is a > command which woud fit best to such task if it had an option "count > number of files instead of number of bytes". It could be -i as in df -i.
Better than adding an extension that won't be widely available, how about using an existing command? For example: find . | wc -l is a close approximation and available on any POSIX system (it mishandles files with embedded newlines in the name). If you use GNU findutils, you can use the more accurate: find -printf - | wc -c - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjtalkACgkQ84KuGfSFAYA+YgCgjfFDKsqWKJIHaoBZPL0xhIz1 DVMAoL6oKOAXCSSYebisbCd0z2/5zI4J =fUeu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
