Count the number of files and folders containing a certain string












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Let's say I'm in the Desktop directory and want to count the number of files and directories whose name is exam. It should also count the files containing the string exam. So to sum it up I need to:




  1. Count the directories with the name exam

  2. Count the files with the name and content exam


That's what I've tried so far.



ls -l | grep -r "exam" | wc -l


But this command counts only files with the content exam.
What if I have a couple of directories: exam1, exam2, exam3, and a couple of .txt files exam1.txt, exam2.txt, exam3.txt, and want to count them?






bash grep filenames wc







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  • By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
    – Stefan Hamcke
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  • In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
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Let's say I'm in the Desktop directory and want to count the number of files and directories whose name is exam. It should also count the files containing the string exam. So to sum it up I need to:




  1. Count the directories with the name exam

  2. Count the files with the name and content exam


That's what I've tried so far.



ls -l | grep -r "exam" | wc -l


But this command counts only files with the content exam.
What if I have a couple of directories: exam1, exam2, exam3, and a couple of .txt files exam1.txt, exam2.txt, exam3.txt, and want to count them?






bash grep filenames wc







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  • By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
    – Stefan Hamcke
    56 mins ago












  • In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
    – KKor
    37 mins ago














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Let's say I'm in the Desktop directory and want to count the number of files and directories whose name is exam. It should also count the files containing the string exam. So to sum it up I need to:




  1. Count the directories with the name exam

  2. Count the files with the name and content exam


That's what I've tried so far.



ls -l | grep -r "exam" | wc -l


But this command counts only files with the content exam.
What if I have a couple of directories: exam1, exam2, exam3, and a couple of .txt files exam1.txt, exam2.txt, exam3.txt, and want to count them?






bash grep filenames wc







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Let's say I'm in the Desktop directory and want to count the number of files and directories whose name is exam. It should also count the files containing the string exam. So to sum it up I need to:




  1. Count the directories with the name exam

  2. Count the files with the name and content exam


That's what I've tried so far.



ls -l | grep -r "exam" | wc -l


But this command counts only files with the content exam.
What if I have a couple of directories: exam1, exam2, exam3, and a couple of .txt files exam1.txt, exam2.txt, exam3.txt, and want to count them?






bash grep filenames wc




bash grep filenames wc






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  • By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
    – Stefan Hamcke
    56 mins ago












  • In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
    – KKor
    37 mins ago


















  • By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
    – Stefan Hamcke
    56 mins ago












  • In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
    – KKor
    37 mins ago
















By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
– Stefan Hamcke
56 mins ago






By files containing the string exam, do you mean files whose filename contains exam (for example exam1.txt), or files whose content has exam in it?
– Stefan Hamcke
56 mins ago














In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
– KKor
37 mins ago




In case of files both conditions should be met, example: filename: exam1; content: this exam was really difficult
– KKor
37 mins ago










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You can use command like:



ls -r |grep "*exam*"|wc -l


or with find



find /path -name "*exam*" |wc -l





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    You can use command like:



    ls -r |grep "*exam*"|wc -l


    or with find



    find /path -name "*exam*" |wc -l





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      You can use command like:



      ls -r |grep "*exam*"|wc -l


      or with find



      find /path -name "*exam*" |wc -l





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        You can use command like:



        ls -r |grep "*exam*"|wc -l


        or with find



        find /path -name "*exam*" |wc -l





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        You can use command like:



        ls -r |grep "*exam*"|wc -l


        or with find



        find /path -name "*exam*" |wc -l






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