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list folders by the number of files recursively

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Mar 15, 20268386 views
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Is there any Linux application for finding the folders with the most number of files? baobab sorts folders by their total size, I'm looking for a tool that lists folders by the total number of files in it. The reason I'm looking is because copying tens of thousands of small files is excruciatingly …

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From Shell: list directories ordered by file count (see article for explanations) : A one-liner (for the home-directory) : A script :

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