Linux Commands - Count Files in directory

linux-count-files-in-dir.md

$ find . -type f | wc -l

Explanation: find . -type f finds all files ( -type f ) in this ( . ) directory and in all sub directories, the filenames are then printed to standard out one per line.

This is then piped | into wc (word count) the -l option tells wc to only count lines of its input.

Together they count all your files.