list number of files in each folder linux

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find . -type d -print0 | while read -d '' -r dir; do
    files=("$dir"/*)
    printf "%5d files in directory %s\n" "${#files[@]}" "$dir"
done

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Contributed on Jun 22 2020

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count the number of files in folder linux

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count the number of files in folder (linux)

ls -1 | wc -l

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Contributed on Jul 30 2023

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number of files inside a folder linux

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tree | tail -1

output
10 directories, 294 files

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Contributed on Sep 06 2022

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shell show number of files in each folder

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du -a | cut -d/ -f2 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr

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Contributed on Dec 16 2020

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find number of files in a directory linux

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find -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read -r dir; do printf "%s:\t" "$dir"; find "$dir" -type f | wc -l; done

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Contributed on Jul 12 2020

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how to find the number of files in a directory linux

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		#Find all File's name that starts with chapter-CHAPTER in a Directory 
		count=$(echo $PATH |ls | grep '^moby-CHAPTER' | wc -l)
		echo $count chapters

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Contributed on Jun 13 2022

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