# cloc > Count, and compute differences of, lines of source code and comments. > More information: . - Count all the lines of code in a directory: `cloc {{path/to/directory}}` - Count all the lines of code in a directory, displaying a progress bar during the counting process: `cloc --progress=1 {{path/to/directory}}` - Compare 2 directory structures and count the differences between them: `cloc --diff {{path/to/directory/one}} {{path/to/directory/two}}` - Ignore files that are ignored by VCS, such as files specified in `.gitignore`: `cloc --vcs git {{path/to/directory}}` - Count all the lines of code in a directory, displaying the results for each file instead of each language: `cloc --by-file {{path/to/directory}}`