Recursively counting files in a Linux directory?

Question

How can I recursively count files in a Linux directory? I found this: find DIR_NAME -type f ¦ wc -l But when I run this it returns the following error. > find: paths must precede expression: ¦

Answer 1

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what your intention is here ... sounds like you're just trying to count the number of regular files under a given directory path,

So what's the problem?

This is how I counted all files under my /tmp/*

$ find /tmp -type f | wc -l

97

Here's what the first several file paths look like

$ find /tmp -type f |

/tmp/.bash-fc-4284816303.swp

/tmp/.name.swp

/tmp/.RR.swp

/tmp/.xx.swp

/tmp/1

/tmp/3

/tmp/330

/tmp/490

/tmp/AK

/tmp/AK.err

/tmp/Chris/packup

/tmp/Chris/sftpfile

/tmp/Chris/sub1/12