Find sub-directories with highest inode count

inode-count-count-basic.sh

#!/bin/bash

find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec sh -c 'echo -n "{}: " ; find "{}" | wc -l' \;

inode-count-recursive.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Recursive function to print directory tree with inode counts
# Defaults to 2 directories deep
print_tree() {
    local current_dir="$1"
    local indent="$2"
    local depth="$3"
    local max_depth="$4"

    # Calculate inode count for the current directory
    local count=$(find "$current_dir" | wc -l)

    # Print current directory and its inode count with indentation
    echo "${indent}${current_dir##*/}: $count"

    # Stop recursion if max depth reached
    if [ "$depth" -ge "$max_depth" ]; then
        return
    fi

    # Increment depth and prepare new indentation for subdirectories
    local new_indent="$indent    "
    local new_depth=$((depth + 1))

    # Loop through subdirectories and recursively print their trees
    find "$current_dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read subdir; do
        print_tree "$subdir" "$new_indent" "$new_depth" "$max_depth"
    done
}

# Parse command line arguments
base_directory="${1:-.}"  # Default to current directory if not specified
max_depth="${2:-2}"       # Default to 5 levels deep if not specified

# Validate max_depth is a number
if ! [[ "$max_depth" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    echo "Error: Depth must be a number."
    exit 1
fi

# Initial call to the print_tree function
print_tree "$base_directory" "" 0 "$max_depth"

Usage:

curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpcaparas/35889e5d98317a02d6a35b5804b2776d/raw/78b6df29cd002ee03b144285c80bfefcac86f5b8/inode-count-recursive.sh | bash -s --
/tmp | less

(Obviously, change tmp to what dir you want the script to run)