[linux] How many files of a certain type...

If you want  to count how many files of a certain type or similar name you have (in linux), eg. all files starting with a word: "Report" - try:

find . -name 'Report*' | wc -l

• find
  
• . (dot) means here (in this catalogue)
  
• -name files or catalogues of a name...
  
• 'Report*' name starts with 'Report', asterisk means the rest of the name
  
• | and the result put to the another command...
  
• wc ... which is count
  
• -l means number of lines.

[PL: Sposób znalezienia plików danego typu i policzenia ich ilości w Linuxie]