Define function in unix/linux command line (e.g. BASH)

Question

Sometimes I have a one-liner that I am repeating many times for a particular task, but will likely never use again in the exact same form. It includes a file name that I am

Answer 1

You can also count files without find. Using arrays,

numresults () { local files=( "$1"/* ); echo "${#files[@]}"; }

or using positional parameters

numresults () { set -- "$1"/*; echo "$#"; }

To match hidden files as well,

numresults () { local files=( "$1"/* "$1"/.* ); echo $(("${#files[@]}" - 2)); }
numresults () { set -- "$1"/* "$1"/.*; echo $(("$#" - 2)); }

(Subtracting 2 from the result compensates for . and ...)