Get the number of inode in a tree

Question

How can I get the number of inodes used by files in a given directory tree? Important: including hidden directories under it, like .git

@ptman: thanks, but my problem is mostly about the "Important" warning... — greg0ire, May 24 '13 at 10:11

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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find . -printf '%i\n' | sort -u | wc -l

Or if you don't have GNU find and need a portable version:

find . -exec ls -id '{}' \; | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | wc -l

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered May 24 '13 at 10:13

ptman

solaris wont like that because of the multiple spaces before the inode number, you also need to uniquely sort before counting lines, as im sure you know. find . -exec ls -id {} \; |awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | wc -l – Sirch May 24 '13 at 11:51
@Sirch you are of course correct. Fixed. – ptman May 24 '13 at 13:02

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