💾 The File Count Challenge 🔎
Have you ever wondered how many PDFs, images, videos, or particular kind of files you have on your device? It is the time to
I am hereby proud to officially launch a Fedi-wide file count challenge, in exclusive partnership with the 2025-27 class of @xpub 👾
💁 How to participateGo to your main device (not mobile)Open the terminalRun find . | grep '.pdf$' -c (Windows equivalent suggestions welcome)Repeat the previous command, replacing “pdf” with any file format you are interested in sharing. We suggest: jpg, mp3, and png. 🔆 Bonus: html, js, ttf, odt, svgTake a screenshot of the outputShare the screenshot on the Fediverse, using the
#fileCountChallenge hashtag (please, copy-paste the actual text from the terminal in the
image description/alt text)Add your (user)name and results to
the scoreboard🆒 Bonus: share the story explaining why you have so many/little files for one format.
🏆 Awards
There is a secret prize for the three people who have the most PDFs, JPEGs, and HTMLs. More info to follow.
Boost, share, fork… Do whatever you want, but please have fun while doing it.
I willl keep writing updates. Yaaaaaaay ⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️
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