add script that counts files and directories in a given path

Author: hermitex

countdf.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#Task 3 (5 marks)
+
+text_file_path="$1/*" #variable to hold path
+
+non_empty_files=0 #variable to hold number of non-empty files
+empty_files=0 #variable to hold number of empty files
+non_empty_dir=0 #variable to hold number of non-empty directories
+empty_dir=0 #variable to hold number of empty directories
+
+for resource in $text_file_path #loop through resources found in that path
+do
+    if [ -f "$resource" ] #check if a resource is a text file
+    then
+        if [ -s "$resource" ]; then #check if that resource is empty
+            non_empty_files=$((non_empty_files+1))          #increment non_empty_files if it contains data   
+        else
+            empty_files=$((empty_files+1))                #increment empty_files if it does not contains data  
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -d "$resource" ] #check if a resource is a directory
+    then
+        if [ "$(ls -A $resource)" ]; then #check if that directory is empty
+            non_empty_dir=$((non_empty_dir+1))             #increment non_empty_dir if it contains data 
+        else
+            empty_dir=$((empty_dir+1))             #increment empty_dir if it does not contains data 
+        fi
+    fi      
+done
+
+#print results
+echo "The $text_file_path directory contains:"
+echo "$non_empty_files files that contain data"
+echo "$empty_files files that are empty"
+echo "$non_empty_dir non-empty directories"
+echo "$empty_dir empty directories"
+
+exit 0