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Re: question about ls

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: question about ls
Date	2018-10-03 15:00 +0200
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 12:01:02PM +0000, Virgo Pärna wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:14:00 -0400, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > But also note that using ls -l gives a completely wrong answer.
> >
> > wooledg:~$ mkdir /tmp/x && cd "$_"
> > wooledg:/tmp/x$ touch $'this\nis\none\nfile'
> > wooledg:/tmp/x$ ls -l | wc -l
> > 5
> >
> 
> 	What about 'ls -1b | wc -l'?

Not portable, but if you're willing to write scripts that only work with
GNU coreutils installed, maybe an option.  You'd probably want to add -A
as well.

How about just using one of the bash builtin methods that are presented
on <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/004>?  Not only are they portable
(so long as bash is installed), but they don't require forking external
commands like ls(1) and wc(1) in the first place.

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    Re: question about ls Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-09-26 00:40 +0200
      Re: question about ls Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2018-09-26 01:00 +0200
        Re: question about ls Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2018-09-26 01:00 +0200
          Re: question about ls Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-09-26 01:20 +0200
            Re: question about ls Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-09-27 15:00 +0200
              Re: question about ls Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-09-27 15:20 +0200
                Re: question about ls Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-09-28 08:00 +0200
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                Re: question about ls Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-09-28 14:30 +0200
                Re: question about ls Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-09-28 16:40 +0200
                Re: question about ls Virgo Pärna <virgo.parna@mail.ee> - 2018-10-03 14:10 +0200
                Re: question about ls Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-03 15:00 +0200
              Re: question about ls David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-27 16:00 +0200
                Re: question about ls Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-09-27 16:10 +0200
                Re: question about ls David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-27 16:30 +0200
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        Re: question about ls Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-09-27 17:10 +0200
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