Counting files using GUI
You may find it simpler to count files in directories if you use a desktop interface such as KDE.
KDE Dolphin File Manager
Navigate to what you wish to investigate in the Dolphin File Manager.
Right-click on the folder and select “Properties.”
The “Properties” box will appear, displaying the number of files and subdirectories in the specified directory.
How to Count Files in Directory Recursively in Linux
When exploring directories on your server, you may have come across folders with a large number of files in them. You might wish to know how many files exist in a certain directory or across many directories at times. To put it another way, you wish to count the number of files saved in a directory on your system. In this article, we are going to see how you can easily count files in a directory on Linux.
There are 7 different methods for Counting Files in Directory Recursively in Linux:
- Method 1: Count files using wc
- Method 2: Basic file counting
- Method 3: Count files recursively using the find command
- Method 4: Counting with directories
- Method 5: Directory depth
- Method 6: Counting hidden files with the tree command
- Method 7: Counting files using GUI
Let’s go through all the methods one by one.