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chillax786
chillax786

Reputation: 369

Which directory has more files and which has more subdirectories?

I want to write a shell script that compares the sizes of two directories X and Y, and reports which directory has more files and which directory has more subdirectories. So X and Y are two arguments.

I know the code for counting files in a directory is

ls -l | wc -l

I was having some trouble with the arguments and comparisons.

Also the same thing for subdirectories. I am new to shell scripting so any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 308

Answers (1)

Intelligent Shade of Blue
Intelligent Shade of Blue

Reputation: 6449

For files you can do:

filesX=$(find "${X}" -type f | wc -l)
filesY=$(find "${Y}" -type f | wc -l)

if (( filesX < filesY )); then
    echo "${Y} has more files"
elif (( filesX > filesY )); then
    echo "${X} has more files"
else
    echo "${X} and ${Y} have same number of files"
fi

For dirs it's basically the same:

dirsX=$(find "${X}" -type d | wc -l)
dirsY=$(find "${Y}" -type d | wc -l)

if (( dirsX < dirsY )); then
    echo "${Y} has more dirs"
elif (( dirsX > dirsY )); then
    echo "${X} has more dirs"
else
    echo "${X} and ${Y} have same number of dirs"
fi

Upvotes: 1

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