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@tommi @xpub

#fileCountChallenge

This is actually from my NAS, since i can't keep everything around even on my desktop anymore /o\

.JPG is mostly from time lapse photography
.jpg and .gif is mostly from @onlytrains
.c and .h is mostly from Linux, QMK and Cosmopolitan source code
.py is mostly home assistant source code and projects installed/built using pipx/poetry
.json is mostly from home assistant code
.mp3 is actually more podcast episodes than music
.png is mostly factorio <3

@tommi @xpub

I have too many files I didn't know. Probably random git repos I cloned to get a specific tool; Old university projects; Random pdf downloaded over time; many, and many screenshots (and an entire folder of party parrots); The md and html from static sites of @glua (the old one), @ansol and @FestaSoftwareLivre

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@tommi @xpub ...why do I have so 124335 HTML files?? I guess that's what I get for having a few Rust toolchains installed.

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@tommi @xpub

Name Count
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.html 46578
.jpg 110222
.pdf 11196
.cpp 119000

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On personnal laptop (win11)
user(name): antoine

Amount of pdf's because of ebooks
Amount of cpp's because of gamedev
Amount of jpg's because of photo backups
Amount of html's because of webdev

PDF: 379
PNG: 81 916
JPG: 2 171
MP3: 1 204
HTML: 219 833
JS: 80 644
CSS: 4 046
SVG: 311 282
TTF: 1 043
OFT: 466

There must be some autogenerated stuff… I didn't add a screenshot as there are a lot of errors because of containers and yay.

#fileCountChallenge

💾 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 find out.

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 participate

1. Go to your main device (not mobile)
2. Open the terminal
3. Run find . | grep '.pdf$' -c (on Windows: gci -r | where Name -match '\.pdf$')
4. 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, svg
5. Take a screenshot of the output
6. Share the screenshot on the Fediverse, using the #fileCountChallenge hashtag (please, copy-paste the actual text from the terminal in the image description/alt text)
7. Add your (user)name and results to the scoreboard
8. 🆒 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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