Command line file explorer/manager that displays the number of files for each directory

Question

I am looking for a command line file explorer/manager that displays the number of files for each directory.

For example, ncdu displays the folder sizes:

I would like to have the same with the number of files.

I am aware of ls -la or find, however I want to be able to navigate through the folders. (with ls -la one has to execute this command for each folder one wishes to analyze, and cd in between). Example of folder navigation with ncdu:

enter image description here

François Tonneau · Answer 1 · 2018-01-16T11:52:13.673

1

ranger does what you need: it is a command-line [TUI] file explorer/manager and it does display the number of files for each directory

edited Jan 16 '18 at 11:52

answered Jan 16 '18 at 11:02

François Tonneau

111

what does it do? – Pierre.Vriens Jan 16 '18 at 11:21
It gives the number of files in the status line at the bottom of the screen. – Thomas Dickey Jan 16 '18 at 21:16
@Pierre.Vriens -- did you read the topic and the OP's question ("a command line file explorer/manager that displays the number of files for each directory")? In any event, I edited my answer. – François Tonneau Jan 18 '18 at 12:11
@FrançoisTonneau : aha, now I get it ("merci" for the edit) ... – Pierre.Vriens Jan 18 '18 at 12:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '17 at 19:40

It's difficult finding a program which meets your needs exactly. You could try hacking into midnight commander. It should be straight forward, adding a new coloumn entry, or replacing a current column. On a sidenote, you could switch to zsh, it allows you to define shortcut keys to command templates

Command line file explorer/manager that displays the number of files for each directory

2 Answers2