...for example, I could find out exactly how many OGG files I have in total :)
Something like: $ find . -type f -iname \*.ogg | wc -l
Thanks, this does the job nicely. Jeremiah: your solution, although giving me a figure, seems to me a little out so I'm not exactly sure what else it is counting... :)
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