Using the find command with wc (word count) you can see a) total files b) just files c) just links and d) just directories.
bash-3.00# find ./aboobas2 |wc -l
474
bash-3.00# find ./aboobas2 -type f |wc -l
12
bash-3.00# find ./aboobas2 -type d |wc -l
356
bash-3.00# find ./aboobas2 -type l |wc -l
106