__/ [ Rita ] on Tuesday 14 March 2006 19:46 \__

> Hi ,
> Is there any command in linux to know how many files are in directory?
> Thanks

alias nfiles='find . -type f | wc -l'

I asked a similar question before:

http://schestowitz.com/UseNet/2005/A.../msg00015.html

See thread for more possibilities.