[DM-MUG] Fwd: Request of MUG people

[Myztik Jenz]

It's also in Disk Utility ( /Applications -> Utilities -> Disk
Utility).  Just highlight the drive you're curious about and look
towards the bottom of the window.  All sorts of somewhat-interesting
information in there.

Jim

On 4/3/07, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> Might be too late, but here's a quick way to find the answer to their
> last question about how many folders you have:
>
> 1 - Open a terminal
> 2 - Type the following command:
>
>   ls -lR | grep "^d" | wc -l
>
> That will give you a count of how many directories you have in your
> user directory.  There are a lot of "system" and "hidden" folders, so
> I narrowed things down by listing several folders I wanted counted
> after the 'ls -lR' bit as follows:
>
>   ls -lR Documents/ Music/ Downloads/ Desktop/ Pictures | grep "^d" | wc -l
>
> For the curious, this command line breaks down as follows:
>
> - 'ls -lR': List the files in long format and recurse, or dig through
> the directory tree.
> - 'grep "^d"': Count only lines that start with the letter 'd'.  This
> effectively makes a listing of only the directories.
> - 'wc -l': wc is the venerable "Word Count" and -l makes it count
> lines instead of words.
>
> With the | character in between each of these, the output from the
> prior command is fed in to the next command.  Chained together, each
> stage filters a bit more of the information until you get a simple
> number at the end, the count of all your directories.
>
> On 3/30/07, Victoria L. Herring <lists at herringlaw.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I did it and it was fine and not too long.  Basically is about how one
> > searches files using a Mac.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Ofer Bergman <O.Bergman at sheffield.ac.uk>
> > Date: March 26, 2007 10:31:14 AM CDT
> > To: president at dmmug.org
> > Subject: Request to contact DM-MUG members regarding a Mac related Web
> > survey
> >
> >
> > Dear DM-MUG President,
> >
> > My name is Ofer and I'm a researcher at Sheffield University UK. As part of
> > an international research project we have developed a short Web survey
> > regarding file retrieval for Macintosh users. If possible I would like to
> > ask members of the DM-MUG to participate in it. The link to the survey is
> > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=133413536292 .
> >
> > A few words about it:
> >
> >
> >
> > It's very short - contains only 16 questions and takes about 5 minutes to
> > complete.
> > It's completely anonymous and confidential.
> > It serves only academic non-commercial purposes.
> > We are depending on the good will of Mac users - without it we cannot do
> > this research. Would it be possible to contact DM-MUG members?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Dr. Ofer Bergman
> >
> > Marie Curie Research Fellow
> >
> > Information Studies Department, Sheffield University
> >
> > Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK
> >
> > Email: O.Bergman at sheffield.ac.uk
> >
> > Tel: +44-(0)114-2226348
> >
> > Fax: +44 (0) 114 278 0300
> >
> > http://ir.shef.ac.uk/people.html
> >
> >
> >  --
> >
> >
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> > http://web.mac.com/victoriaherring/iWeb/Gallery .
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