Count the number of files in a directory using python

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Published on 2010-04-13T18:38:38Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 22:32 UTC
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I need to count the number of files in a directory using Python. I guess the easiest way is len(glob.glob('*')), but I also count the directory as file.

Is there any way to count only the files in a directory?

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