How to check the count of .txt files in a folder (dir command)?

Question

How can use dir command to check how many .txt files there is in a folder (e.g C:\Temp)?

Answer 1

dir c:\temp\*.txt

This gives you a summary of the number of files matching that particular wildcard.

dir c:\temp\*.txt | find "File(s)"

If you only want to see the count and don't want to see any of the filenames.

Answer 2

If you need the count of files in a Batch variable for further processing, you may get it this way:

set i=0
for %%a in (*.txt) do set /a i+=1

After the for the i variable have the number of .txt files.