tree command to only output file and directory count?

Question

I want to keep only the last line of tree's output or the file+directory count report. Preferably, with the -a switch.

An example output I desire:

585 directories, 37722 files

Is this possible with tree?

Does this answer your question? How to display only the last line of a listing ? — phuclv, Feb 06 '23 at 01:20
@phuclv it does, but I'm looking to see if there's any combination of flags for tree that would skip listing. That would take some time if a directory is big. — Sepp A, Feb 06 '23 at 13:17
that'll need a different command and the question should be command to output file and directory count instead of tree command to only output file and directory count?. It's very simple to count in awk or perl — phuclv, Feb 06 '23 at 14:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '23 at 21:02

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tree -a | tail -n 1

answered Feb 05 '23 at 21:02

Kamil Maciorowski

Isn't there any combination of flags for tree that would do the same? – Sepp A Feb 06 '23 at 12:49

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