linux - counting number of directories in a specific directory -

how count number of folders in specific directory. using following command, provides one.

find /directory/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -print| wc -l 

for example, if have 3 folders, command provides 4. if contains 5 folders, command provides 6. why that?

find printing directory itself:

$ find .vim/ -maxdepth 1 -type d .vim/ .vim/indent .vim/colors .vim/doc .vim/after .vim/autoload .vim/compiler .vim/plugin .vim/syntax .vim/ftplugin .vim/bundle .vim/ftdetect 

you can instead test directory's children , not descend them @ all:

$ find .vim/* -maxdepth 0 -type d .vim/after .vim/autoload .vim/bundle .vim/colors .vim/compiler .vim/doc .vim/ftdetect .vim/ftplugin .vim/indent .vim/plugin .vim/syntax  $ find .vim/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | wc -l 11 $ find .vim/ -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l 12 

you can use ls:

$ ls -l .vim | grep -c ^d 11   $ ls -l .vim total 52 drwxrwxr-x  3 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 after drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 autoload drwxrwxr-x 13 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 bundle drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 colors drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 compiler drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 doc -rw-rw-r--  1 anossovp anossovp   48 aug 29  2012 filetype.vim drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 ftdetect drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 ftplugin drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 indent drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 plugin -rw-rw-r--  1 anossovp anossovp 2505 aug 29  2012 readme.rst drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 syntax  $ ls -l .vim | grep ^d drwxrwxr-x  3 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 after drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 autoload drwxrwxr-x 13 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 bundle drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 colors drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 compiler drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 doc drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 ftdetect drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 ftplugin drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 indent drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 plugin drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 aug 29  2012 syntax