Using find with -exec {}, is there a way to count the total?

Question

I am using a command similar to this one:

find . -name \"*.php\" -exec chmod 755 {} \\;

Although, I am not using chmod, I am using a differ

Answer 1

You could use xargs and pv. Possibly:

find . -name "*.php" | pv --line-mode | xargs chmod 755

Note: this is only going to work if your *.php files do not have any spaces or other odd characters in the path or name.