Re: OK, how do I count files in a directory QUICK!!!

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Author: Matt Graham
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Subject: Re: OK, how do I count files in a directory QUICK!!!
From: R P Herrold <>
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, Matt Graham wrote:
>> I'd think "ls -1U --color=never" would spit everything
>> out almost as fast as possible, considering.
> nope: 'ls' sorts


"man ls" and look up the -U option. (This is not in *BSD ls; there you'd use
-f, which has other side effects in GNU ls.)

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