script for checking about high amount of local files

set thePaths to {"path/to/scan/for/files1", "path/to/scan/for/files2/etc"}
set theProgramName to "File Counter"
set theProgramWarningMessageUponFindingFilesThatExceedUpperLimit to "Hey there, fellow student, I see there you have some dandy files knocking around your Desktop and stuff. I'm pretty sure I told you about that thing we have, ownCloud? Yeah, use that man!"
set theMaxAmountOfFilesAndFolders to 1


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------------ DON'T EDIT THIS BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING -------------    -- Thomas Jones (08/02/16)
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set counter to 0
set warn to false
repeat (count thePaths) times
    set counter to (counter + 1)
    set thePath to item counter of thePaths as string
    set theCount to (do shell script "ls -l \"" & thePath & "\" | wc -l | awk '{ print $1 }'") as integer
    set theCount to (theCount - 1) # we do this to remove possible hidden files like Desktop_DF etc
    if theCount is greater than theMaxAmountOfFilesAndFolders then
        set warn to true
    end if
end repeat

if warn is true then
    display alert theProgramName message theProgramWarningMessageUponFindingFilesThatExceedUpperLimit as warning
    do shell script "date >> ~/.userWasWarnedAboutHighAmountOfLocalFiles"
end if