Number of a folder's contents in Thunar?

[JayM]

Other file managers I've used show the number of items inside folders in detailed view but Thunar only shows the folder's size which is always 4.1kb. Can this be changed so it displays the number of items instead?

[srq2625]

This is something I've been wondering about. So, I did a bit of searching and found this thread.

Looking at reply #3 (quoted below for easy reference), there might be something there that could work. I'm at work right now and will have to wait until I get home tonight to give this a spin.

You can go into Thunar > Edit > Configure cutom actions... and create a new custom action with this command

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output=$(find %N | wc -l) && notify-send "File count" "$output files"

and name it File count.

Go into the advanced conditions tab and only check Directories. Close thunar and open it again.

If you now right click on any folder there is a new Item in the menu now named File count. Click on it and a notification should pop up with the number of all the files in that folder including all subfolders. This command only counts the files. not the folders.

If you want the number of folders do it like this:

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output=$(ls -1 | wc -l) && notify-send "Folder count" "$output folders"

And, if this works, I can see it not being too difficult to modify the above to return the number of items (files and sub-folders) in a folder.

[sunrat]

You could right click on "Properties" for the directory to get a file count. I don't think there is an easy way to display it inline.

[Jerry3904]

This is something I've been wondering about. So, I did a bit of searching and found this thread.

Looking at reply #3 (quoted below for easy reference), there might be something there that could work. I'm at work right now and will have to wait until I get home tonight to give this a spin.

You can go into Thunar > Edit > Configure cutom actions... and create a new custom action with this command

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output=$(find %N | wc -l) && notify-send "File count" "$output files"

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That does work! It would be nice to alter that so it shows up in a yad info box as everything else does here.

[Eadwine Rose]

You could right click on "Properties" for the directory to get a file count. I don't think there is an easy way to display it inline.

Indeed.. I right clicked earlier to check between two external drives if the count was the same (one is replacing the other) and it was. Some 25000 odd files.

[Jerry3904]

Here's a start for a command using yad, but I will have to look up how to do formatting, alignment etc.

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output=$(find %N | wc -l) && yad --info --title="File count" --text="$output files" --width=50 --height=50

[figueroa]

Thunar shows the number of files in a directory and the remaining space in all views. What am I doing wrong? :-)
Added: Actually, I think I know what you mean. I just never considered it a deficiency.

[JayM]

You could right click on "Properties" for the directory to get a file count. I don't think there is an easy way to display it inline.

I know that, but it would be nice if the directories' file counts were displayed in the main Thunar screen like they are in Dolphin and Nemo, or if there was another column that showed that information.

[JayM]

Thunar shows the number of files in a directory and the remaining space in all views. What am I doing wrong? :-)
Added: Actually, I think I know what you mean. I just never considered it a deficiency.

Mine just has columns for Name, Size, Type and Date Modified with no option to change those. Size for directories is always 4.1kB. I don't see file counts anywhere.

[JmaCWQ]

With a folder open click View > Configure Columns, then you can change what columns are displayed.
A file count would be good, what I'd like to see also is the size showing the actual size of the folder's contents, 4.1 kb displayed for most folders is pretty much pointless I think.