How to count files in current directory in Julia?

If you plan to count files in current directory in Julia, you can just run following code:

files_and_dirs = readdir(pwd())  # reading files and directory

function count()
    global num =0
    for i in files_and_dirs
        if isfile(i)
            num +=1
        end
    end
end

count()

println(num)

Example:

> juliea> julia number_of_files_in_current_directory.jl

Output:

19

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