How to output the total numbers of all files found in same-named child folders under different-named parent folders?

Asked Jan 21 '23 at 23:03

Active Jan 22 '23 at 17:21

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I have a project structure that looks like this:

1.foldername1
⌞p
  ⌞file1
  ⌞file2
2.foldername2
⌞p
  ⌞file1
  ⌞file2
3.foldername3
⌞p
  ⌞file1
  ⌞file2

How can I output a number total that counts every file inside a "p" folder? I don't need other details, like under which main folder it is. It should be something like:

Total files found in all "p" folders: X

Forgot to mention - I'm working on Overleaf, so I don't have access to anything else other than LaTeX (I think)

edited Jan 22 '23 at 17:21

asked Jan 21 '23 at 23:03

mechanicarts

See if you can your OS to create a text document with a list of filenames. LaTeX might be able to do something with that. – John Kormylo Jan 22 '23 at 02:41
Cannot. Use a Python/Lua script. (can also shell-escape but this is "basically" bash script anyway) – user202729 Jan 22 '23 at 03:01
Unfortunately I am on Overleaf. I'll take that as a solid "can't be done" then. – mechanicarts Jan 22 '23 at 17:23
If you use overleaf then you can enable shell escape: editors - How can I enable shell-escape? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange (but that will invoke Python/Lua/whatever every time you recompile the document, which may make the compilation a bit slow) – user202729 Jan 31 '23 at 17:34

How to output the total numbers of all files found in same-named child folders under different-named parent folders?

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