find command with wc (word count)

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

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