count number of files in directory

Get a count of the number of files in a directory.

# using ls
ls | wc -l
ls -Aq | wc -l
# include hidden files 
find . ! -name . -prune -print | grep -c /
find .//. ! -name . -print | grep -c //
# using tree if installed. yum install tree. apt-get install tree
tree