bash script in loop which counts numbers of files and directories - linux

Question

I need to write script in loop which will count the number of files and directories and indicates which grater and by how much. Like etc: there are 10 more files than directories.
I was trying something like that but it just show files and directories and I don't have idea how to indicates which is greater etc. Thanks for any help
shopt -s dotglob
count=0
for dir in *; do
test -d "$dir" || continue
test . = "$dir" && continue
test .. = "$dir" && continue
((count++))
done
echo $count
for -f in *; do
"$fname"
done

Answer 1

Here is a recursive dir walk I used for something a while back. Added counting of dirs and files:
#!/bin/sh
# recursive directory walk
loop() {
for i in *
do
if [ -d "$i" ]
then
dir=$((dir+1))
cd "$i"
loop
else
file=$((file+1))
fi
done
cd ..
}
loop
echo dirs: $dir, files: $file
Paste it to a script.sh and run with:
$ sh script.sh
dirs: 1, files: 11

Answer 2

You can use the find command to make things simplier.
The following command will list all the files in the given path:
find "path" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f
And also using the -type d you will get the directories.
Piping find into the wc -l will give you the number instead of the actual file and directory names, so:
root="${1:-.}"
files=$( find "$root" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l)
dirs=$( find "$root" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l)
if [ $files -gt $dirs ]; then
echo "there are $((files - dirs)) more files"
elif [ $files -lt $dirs ]; then
echo "there are $((dirs - files)) more dirs"
else
echo "there are the same"
fi

Answer 3

Use could use find to get the number of files/folders in a directory. Use wc -l to count the number of found paths, which you could use to calculate/show the result;
#!/bin/bash
# Path to search
search="/Users/me/Desktop"
# Get number of files
no_files=$(find "$search" -type f | wc -l )
# Number of folders
no_folders=$(find "$search" -type d | wc -l )
echo "Files: ${no_files}"
echo "Folders: ${no_folders}"
# Caculate dif
diff=$((no_files - $no_folders))
# Check if there are more folders or files
if [ "$diff" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "There are $diff more files then folders!"
else
diff=$((diff * -1 ) # Invert negative number to positive (-10 -> 10)
echo "There are $diff more folders then files!"
fi;
Files: 13
Folders: 2
There are 11 more files then folders!