In order to count files recursively on Linux, you have to use the “find” command and pipe it with the “wc” command in order to count the number of files.
$ find <directory> -type f | wc -l
Count Files Recursively using find
In order to count files recursively on Linux, you have to use the “find” command and pipe it with the “wc” command in order to count the number of files.
$ find <directory> -type f | wc -l