I am asking about the /usr/bin/ folder in Mac Mojave. This site shows just a few files in this folder but my Mac which has been taken over for over 3 years shows 977 files in the /usr/bin/ folder.
Can someone please clarify this for me. How many files should be in the /usr/bin/ folder after a new install. Using Mojave 10.14.3 with new install yesterday.
Thank you
Having around that many files in /usr/bin folder is normal.
For a Mac recently updated to Mojave, there are total 969 files and folders, you can use below command to calculate that
$ ls -lh /usr/bin/* | wc -l
Below is segregation of all entries
Type |
Total numbers |
Regular file (f) |
875 |
Symbolic link (l) |
94 |
Block special (b) |
0 |
Character special (c)
|
0 |
Directory (d) |
0 |
FIFO (p) |
0 |
Socket (s) |
0 |
Total |
969 |
In order to calculate specific type of entries in /usr/bin/ folder, use below commands
For block special use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type b -print | wc -l
For character special use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type c -print | wc -l
For directory use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type d -print | wc -l
For regular file use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type f -print | wc -l
For symbolic link use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type l -print | wc -l
For FIFO use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type p -print | wc -l
For socket use
$ find /usr/bin/* -maxdepth 0 -type s -print | wc -l
If you are mentioning about usr directory structure at Usr directory structure in Mac, details of /usr/bin/ directory are not mentioned yet