At the risk of offering a shell-based answer (replace '.' with desired directory, add '-mindepth 1' to the find command to remove the current directory): 

find . -type d | wc -l     # Number of directories
find . -type d | sort      # Sorted listing of subdirectories

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Another method, using perl (directories passed in via @ARGV): 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use vars qw(@directories);
use warnings;
use File::Find;

foreach my $dir (@ARGV) {
    find(\&wanted, $dir);
}

print "Count of directories: ", scalar(@directories), "\n";
print "Directories:\n";
foreach my $dir (sort @directories) {
    print "\t", $dir, "\n";
}

sub wanted {
    -d && push(@directories, $File::Find::name);
}

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In reply to Re: Finding total number of subdirectories and list them by atcroft
in thread Finding total number of subdirectories and list them by Anonymous Monk

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