From: Chris Koeritz <cak0l@virginia.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:20:05 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: simple script to count number of files in a directory
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.128~1^2~22
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=529ea909f454d4a75907ed01dbddfdfec10011d3;p=feisty_meow.git

simple script to count number of files in a directory

doesn't include directories.  may not be perfect; does look for lines ending in a colon, to remove directory headings from recursive ls list.
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diff --git a/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh b/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c40e33a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+for dir in "${@}"; do
+  /bin/ls -1fR "$dir" | grep -v "^$" | grep -v "^\.$" | grep -v "^\.\.$" | grep -v "$dir\/.*:$" | wc
+done
+
+