From 529ea909f454d4a75907ed01dbddfdfec10011d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <cak0l@virginia.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:20:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 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.
---
 scripts/files/fast_counter.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/files/fast_counter.sh

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
+
+
-- 
2.34.1