Gregg, thanks for submitting a bug report. `ls -l` won't show hidden files or subdirectories. I was unable to download the link you sent, but I grabbed the download link from torproject.org:
wget https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/14.0.7/tor-browser-linux-x86_64-14.0.7.tar.xz tar xf tor-browser-linux-x86_64-14.0.7.tar.xz tree -a tor-browser | tail -n 1 30 directories, 225 files find tor-browser -type f | wc -l 225 # Using fd-find (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) fd -H -tf '' tor-browser/ | wc -l 225 # How about ls? ls -l tor-browser | wc -l 3 # Weird... try again with --recursive ls -l --recursive tor-browser | wc -l 305 # Now it's overcounting. This is actually because ls does some pretty-printing (which prints extra lines): ls -lR | head -n10 .: total 119332 drwx------ 3 benjamin benjamin 100 Mar 12 10:06 tor-browser -rw-r--r-- 1 benjamin benjamin 122193072 Mar 3 17:00 tor-browser-linux-x86_64-14.0.7.tar.xz ./tor-browser: total 42920 drwx------ 10 benjamin benjamin 960 Mar 3 04:37 Browser -rwx------ 1 benjamin benjamin 1729 Mar 3 04:37 start-tor-browser.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 benjamin benjamin 43943480 Mar 12 10:06 tor-browser-linux-x86_64-14.0.7.tar.xz --- Generally, `ls` is not the most reliable way to count files. I'd recommend to stick to `find`, as it seems to work better with other tools like `wc`. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2100730 Title: ls Undercounts Files/Directories on btrfs Kubuntu 24.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2100730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
