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count files in directory linux

ls | wc -l

count files linux

ls | wc -l #Count files on current directory
ls path/to/dir | wc -l #Count files on specific directory path

linux count files in directory

#count files in a directory faster with:
ls -f | wc -l

unix count files in directory with specific name

ls | wc -l #Count files on current directory
ls path/to/dir | wc -l #Count files on specific directory path
ls | grep "specific_regex" | wc -l #Count files in dir with specifig 
# regex filename

how to count files in a directory linux

# Use this command

ls /etc | wc -l

# replace /etc with the path to the directory you want to work with