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\section count count - count the number of elements of an array
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\subsection count-synopsis Synopsis
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<tt>count $VARIABLE</tt>
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\subsection count-description Description
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The <tt>count</tt> builtin prints the number of arguments that were
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passed to it. This is usually used to find out how many elements an
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environment variable array contains, but this is not the only
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potential usage for the count command.
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The count command does not accept any options, not even '-h'. This way
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the user does not have to worry about an array containing elements
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such as dashes. \c fish performs a special check when invoking the
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count command, and if the user uses a help option, this help page is
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displayed, but if a help option is contained inside of a variable or
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is the result of expansion, it will simply be counted like any other
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argument.
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Count exits with a non-zero exit status if no arguments where passed
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to it, with zero otherwise.
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\subsection count-example Example
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<pre>
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count $PATH
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</pre>
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returns the number of directories in the users PATH variable.
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<pre>
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count *.txt
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</pre>
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returns the number of files in the current working directory ending with the suffix '.txt'.
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