How to count number of files in a directory that are over a certain file size [duplicate]

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Is there a way to count how many files in a specific directory are over some file size? Say, 100 MB?

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steeldriver · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-13 01:09:45Z

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Perhaps

find path/to/directory/ -type f -size +100M -printf 1 | wc -c

Or, if you want to limit the search to the top level directory only (without descending into subdirectories)

find path/to/directory/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -size +100M -printf 1 | wc -c

answered Jul 13, 2019 at 1:09

steeldriver

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$ find /tmp/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -print | wc -l
– mirekphd
Commented May 18, 2022 at 8:59
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@mirekphd find ... -printf 1 | wc -c is preferred over find ... -print | wc -l because the latter will miscount files whose names contain newlines
– steeldriver
Commented May 18, 2022 at 11:45

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