How can I count the number of files in a directory using nodejs with just plain JavaScript or packages? I want to do something like this:
How to count the number of files in a directory using Python
Or in bash script I'd do this:
getLength() {
DIRLENGTH=1
until [ ! -d "DIR-$((DIRLENGTH+1))" ]; do
DIRLENGTH=$((DIRLENGTH+1))
done
}
Using fs, I found retrieving the directory file count to be straightforward.
const fs = require('fs');
const dir = './directory';
fs.readdir(dir, (err, files) => {
console.log(files.length);
});
For the TS enthusiasts:
fs.readdir(dir, (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | null, files: string[]) => {
console.log(files.length);
});
O(n), whereas it seems like it should be possible to implement an ideal solution in O(1) (I'm not, however, sure how to interface with the filesystem in order to achieve this! :P)const fs = require('fs')
const length = fs.readdirSync('/home/directory').length
1) Download shell.js and node.js (if you don't have it)
2) Go where you download it and create there a file named countFiles.js
var sh = require('shelljs');
var count = 0;
function annotateFolder (folderPath) {
sh.cd(folderPath);
var files = sh.ls() || [];
for (var i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
var file = files[i];
if (!file.match(/.*\..*/)) {
annotateFolder(file);
sh.cd('../');
} else {
count++;
}
}
}
if (process.argv.slice(2)[0])
annotateFolder(process.argv.slice(2)[0]);
else {
console.log('There is no folder');
}
console.log(count);
3) Open the command promt in the shelljs folder (where countFiles.js is) and write node countFiles "DESTINATION_FOLDER" (e.g. node countFiles "C:\Users\MyUser\Desktop\testFolder")
Alternative solution without external module, maybe not the most efficient code, but will do the trick without external dependency:
var fs = require('fs');
function sortDirectory(path, files, callback, i, dir) {
if (!i) {i = 0;} //Init
if (!dir) {dir = [];}
if(i < files.length) { //For all files
fs.lstat(path + '\\' + files[i], function (err, stat) { //Get stats of the file
if(err) {
console.log(err);
}
if(stat.isDirectory()) { //Check if directory
dir.push(files[i]); //If so, ad it to the list
}
sortDirectory(callback, i + 1, dir); //Iterate
});
} else {
callback(dir); //Once all files have been tested, return
}
}
function listDirectory(path, callback) {
fs.readdir(path, function (err, files) { //List all files in the target directory
if(err) {
callback(err); //Abort if error
} else {
sortDirectory(path, files, function (dir) { //Get only directory
callback(dir);
});
}
})
}
listDirectory('C:\\My\\Test\\Directory', function (dir) {
console.log('There is ' + dir.length + ' directories: ' + dir);
});
I think many people look for function like this:
const countFiles = (dir: string): number =>
fs.readdirSync(dir).reduce((acc: number, file: string) => {
const fileDir = `${dir}/${file}`;
if (fs.lstatSync(fileDir).isDirectory()) {
return (acc += countFiles(fileDir));
}
if (fs.lstatSync(fileDir).isFile()) {
return ++acc;
}
return acc;
}, 0);
They count all files in the entire file tree.
Here the simple code,
import RNFS from 'react-native-fs';
RNFS.readDir(dirPath)
.then((result) => {
console.log(result.length);
});
Okay, I got a bash script like approach for this:
const shell = require('shelljs')
const path = require('path')
module.exports.count = () => shell.exec(`cd ${path.join('path', 'to', 'folder')} || exit; ls -d -- */ | grep 'page-*' | wc -l`, { silent:true }).output
That's it.
const readdir = (path) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
fs.readdir(path, (error, files) => {
error ? reject(error) : resolve(files);
});
});
};s
readdir("---path to directory---").then((files) => {
console.log(files.length);
});
