linux - counting number of directories in a specific directory
How to count the number of folders in a specific directory. I am using the following command, but it always provides an extra one. 

find is also printing the directory itself:
$ find .vim/ -maxdepth 1 -type d
.vim/
.vim/indent
.vim/colors
.vim/doc
.vim/after
.vim/autoload
.vim/compiler
.vim/plugin
.vim/syntax
.vim/ftplugin
.vim/bundle
.vim/ftdetect

You can instead test the directory's children and do not descend into them at all:
$ find .vim/* -maxdepth 0 -type d
.vim/after
.vim/autoload
.vim/bundle
.vim/colors
.vim/compiler
.vim/doc
.vim/ftdetect
.vim/ftplugin
.vim/indent
.vim/plugin
.vim/syntax

$ find .vim/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | wc -l
11
$ find .vim/ -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l
12

You can also use ls:
$ ls -l .vim | grep -c ^d
11


$ ls -l .vim
total 52
drwxrwxr-x  3 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 after
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 autoload
drwxrwxr-x 13 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 bundle
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 colors
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 compiler
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 doc
-rw-rw-r--  1 anossovp anossovp   48 Aug 29  2012 filetype.vim
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 ftdetect
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 ftplugin
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 indent
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 plugin
-rw-rw-r--  1 anossovp anossovp 2505 Aug 29  2012 README.rst
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 syntax

$ ls -l .vim | grep ^d
drwxrwxr-x  3 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 after
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 autoload
drwxrwxr-x 13 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 bundle
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 colors
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 compiler
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 doc
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 ftdetect
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 ftplugin
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 indent
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 plugin
drwxrwxr-x  2 anossovp anossovp 4096 Aug 29  2012 syntax

