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.

diff --git a/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh b/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c40e33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/files/fast_counter.sh
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+
+
+for dir in "${@}"; do
+  /bin/ls -1fR "$dir" | grep -v "^$" | grep -v "^\.$" | grep -v "^\.\.$" | grep -v "$dir\/.*:$" | wc
+done
+
+