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way too recursive... I only want to see the top level, where it totals everything underneath it. totaled... this ends up printing every directory.

xenoterracide
– xenoterracide

2010-11-16 21:05:16 +00:00
Commented Nov 16, 2010 at 21:05
@xenoterracide: Try adding -maxdepth 1 immediately after the first find. If you want to include the number of subdirectories in your count, remove the -type f at the end (that should have really been ! -type d anyway, so that all non-directory files would have been included).

Dennis Williamson
– Dennis Williamson

2010-11-16 23:15:51 +00:00
Commented Nov 16, 2010 at 23:15

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