number of files in a particular directory




hi,

i am new to unix shell scripting.i am using korn shell.
i need to find if there are any files in a particular directory.first i need to find the number of files in the directory.if the file count is greater than 0 then i have to print the file names in a textfile and send an email to the user.

can anyone help me please.

thanks,

dbplatha,
see if this works for you:

code:

typeset -i mtotfiles
for mfile in `find . -type d`
do
  mtotfiles=`ls -1 $mfile | wc -l`
  if [ $mtotfiles -gt 0 ]; then
    echo "mtotfiles = "$mtotfiles" greater than zero"