bug#79710: [PATCH] ls: add --count and --count-list options to display file, directory, and symlink counts and counts with list of contents

Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes:

> On 28/10/2025 15:45, Debkanta Mondal wrote:
>>   my-count-and-count-list-ls-update.patch
>> Hello Coreutils maintainers,
>> This patch adds two new options to `ls`:
>>    --count       : Display the total number of directories, files and
>> symbolic links.
>>    --count-list  : Display a detailed count + list of directories,
>> files and symbolic links present in the current directory.
>> The purpose of this update is to make it easier for users to quickly
>> see
>> object counts when listing directory contents.
>> The patch was tested on coreutils-9.3 using `make check`, and all
>> tests passed.
>> I have attached the patch file with this email.
>> Thank you for maintaining Coreutils and for reviewing my
>> contribution!
>> Signed-off-by: Debkanta Mondal ([email protected])
>
> It's hard to review this patch as it's mostly reindented changes.
> Can you resend with just the logic changes.

Likewise. The HACKING file has good formatting settings for vim.

The Emacs settings could be improved to add '(c-set-style "GNU")', among
other things.

Other editors I have tried are bad at GNU formatting.

> Can you give example outputs from the new options.
> Note new options to ls have a high bar.

My feeling is that the feature is not really needed with GNU find:

    $ find . -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l
    39
    $ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | wc -l
    35
    $ find . -maxdepth 1 -type l | wc -l
    2

Collin