Count files and directories using shell script

Question

I\'m learning bash scripting and have written a script to count the files and directories in the directory that is supplied as argument. I have it working one way which seem

Answer 1

... am wondering if there is a simpler way of doing it.

If you say so ;)

Alternatively, reduce your script to

find /path/to/directory | wc -l

For current directory, do:

find . | wc -l