Count number of files within a directory in Linux

Question

To count the number of files in a directory  I typically use  ls directory   wc -l   But is there another command that doesn t use wc

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this is one   ls -l     egrep -c   -    Note   ls -1   wc -l   Which means  ls  list files in dir   -1   that s a ONE  only one entry per line  Change it to -1a if you want hidden files too     pipe output onto     wc   wordcount   -l  count lines

[linux] Count number of files within a directory in Linux?

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