Mac Shell Commands
Count the Files
To count the total number of files in the folder (including files in subdirectories), use the following command:
find . -type f | wc -l
find . -type flists all files (-type f) in the current directory (.) and its subdirectories.wc -lcounts the number of lines, which corresponds to the number of files listed by thefindcommand.
If you want to count only the files in the current folder without including files in subdirectories, you can use:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l
-maxdepth 1limits the search to the current directory only.
Remember to replace the directory path with the path to the folder you’re interested in. This command will give you the total count of all files in that folder.