in reply to •Re: Re: •Re: number of files in directory - one liner
in thread number of files in current directory - one liner

I feel like golfing ;)

# 123456789_123456789_123 perl -le'print~~grep-f,<@ARGV/*>' dir # Assuming a single dir, of course. And assuming a *nix-like environme +nt with unbroken libraries.
I like glob() and chicken.

U28geW91IGNhbiBhbGwgcm90MTMgY
W5kIHBhY2soKS4gQnV0IGRvIHlvdS
ByZWNvZ25pc2UgQmFzZTY0IHdoZW4
geW91IHNlZSBpdD8gIC0tIEp1ZXJk

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•Re: Re: •Re: Re: •Re: number of files in directory - one liner
by merlyn (Sage) on Mar 27, 2002 at 21:48 UTC