From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Fastest way to count # of files?
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 09:08:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <160908090800.ZM13466@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKc7PVApZGBAoQ4GywTLzbJXmNOrq2-W_iP7p+ifWqzYF49N+g@mail.gmail.com>
On Sep 8, 5:36pm, Sebastian Gniazdowski wrote:
}
} [...] The second code reads the whole directory too, but
} it's slow. First code doesn't provide way to determine # of files
} read. Is there anything between these two? Something that doesn't
} store files, but counts them?
Try this:
integer nfiles=0
: **/*(Ne?'((++nfiles)) && reply=()'?)
print $nfiles
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-08 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-08 15:36 Sebastian Gniazdowski
2016-09-08 16:08 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2016-09-08 16:37 ` Sebastian Gniazdowski
2016-09-08 20:00 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-09-09 1:09 ` Bart Schaefer
[not found] ` <160908180958.ZM14692__14483.1264777624$1473385001$gmane$org@torch.brasslantern.com>
2016-09-09 5:36 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-09-09 16:31 ` Bart Schaefer
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