#!/bin/bash
read -p "enter the first directory: " NAME1
read -p "enter the second directory: " NAME2
x=$(ls "$NAME1" |wc -l)
y=$(ls "$NAME2" |wc -l)
if [ "$x -gt $y" ] ; then
echo "first directory has more files"
elif [ "$x -eq $y" ] ;  then
echo "direcories have the same number of files"
else
echo "second directory has more files"
fi

#!/bin/bash
read -p "enter the first directory: " NAME1
read -p "enter the second directory: " NAME2
x=$(ls "$NAME1" |wc -l)
y=$(ls "$NAME2" |wc -l)
if [ "$x" -gt "$y" ] ; then
echo "first directory has more files"
elif [ "$x" -eq "$y" ] ;  then
echo "direcories have the same number of files"
else
echo "second directory has more files"
fi