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I am looking for a simple command in GNU/Linux to count all files in a directory beginning with pa.

I have already executed the command to show all the files beginning with pa which I used find /etc/file/magic -name "pa*" and it shows up 4.

However, I need a command to actually count this.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '18 at 12:05

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Use a pipe to the word count command with the line option:

$ find /etc/file/magic -name "pa*" |wc -l

answered Oct 03 '18 at 12:05

Serge Stroobandt

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This works in most cases, but doesn’t deal well with filenames containing newlines ;-). See the linked duplicate for a nice workaround using find. – Stephen Kitt Oct 03 '18 at 12:06
That's Fantastic, worked great for me thank you – Deirdre Oct 03 '18 at 12:16
@Deirdre You are welcome! By the way, you can also upvote answers ;-) – Serge Stroobandt Oct 03 '18 at 18:09

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