Count files in the given directories

countf

#!/bin/bash

script_name=`basename $0`

if [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
   echo "Usage ${script_name} [subdirectory1 [subdirectory2]...]"
   echo "Counts the files in the specified directories, or in all subdirectories if none specified"
   exit 1
fi

# Default to all subdirectories, or those specified
if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
   directories=*
else
   directories="$@"
fi

for dir in $directories; do
   count=`find $dir -type f | wc -l`
   echo "$count $dir"
done | sort -n

Example output:

MWard@ziggy:mydev$ countf
       1 config
       1 mydev-env
       1 nodejs
       1 ruby
       1 sendgrid.sh
       1 vagrant
       2 c
       3 asciidoc
       3 html
      13 tex
      16 python
      28 jekyll
      40 dotfiles
     211 akka
    1059 java
    2003 eclipse_workspaces