How can I calculate the size of a directory?
How to know the size of a directory? Including subdirectories and files.
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How to know the size of a directory? Including subdirectories and files.
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How to know the size of a directory? Including subdirectories and files.
directory
edited Dec 2 '11 at 18:14
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asked Oct 12 '10 at 12:31
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How to know the size of a directory? Including subdirectories and files.
directory
directory
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du -s directory_name
Or to get human readable output:
du -sh directory_name
The -s option means that it won't list the size for each subdirectory, only the total size.
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
7
Actuallydu's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variablePOSIXLY_CORRECTis set) or withdu -k.
– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",du -sh bagworked perfectly!
– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
add a comment |
GNU du takes a -b option.
See the man page and the info page for more help:
-b,--bytesis equivalent to--apparent-size --block-size=1
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
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answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
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add a comment |
While using a separate package such as ncdu may work well, the same comparison of many folders can be done, to some degree, by just giving du a list of folders to size up. For example to compare top-level directories on your system...
cd /
sudo du -sh ./*
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
2
More simply,du -sh /*
– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
add a comment |
you can also use ls -ldh:
ls -ldh /etc
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12K 2012-06-02 11:44 /etc
-l is for long listing ; -d is for displaying dir info, not the content of the dir, -h is for displaying size in huma readable format.
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
add a comment |
du -csh
-c produces grand total
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
The-cdoesn't make sense to use together with-s, right?-sonly displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.
– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
add a comment |
Try
du -hax --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G' | sort -nr
This helps find large directories to then sift through using du -sh ./*
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
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answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
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I always install the "ncdu" package and see all the output of all directories with graphical representation.
This is because I usually need to know what's taking up the most disk space on my machines, regardless of how much a single directory sums up.
Usage: sudo ncdu / (You do not need sudo for folders on which you have read permission).
It will take a while to scan disk usage statistics on the whole file system. It has a nice command line graphical representation and included keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, like going deeper or higher in the scanned path. You can also delete items by pressing D.
edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
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answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
EtescartzEtescartz
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You can use "file-size.sh" from the awk Velour library:
ls -ARgo "$@" | awk '{q += $3} END {print q}'
answered Mar 29 '17 at 0:39
Steven PennySteven Penny
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du -hd1
will list in human-readable format the sizes of all the directories, e.g.
656K ./rubberband
2.2M ./lame
652K ./pkg-config
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du -s directory_name
Or to get human readable output:
du -sh directory_name
The -s option means that it won't list the size for each subdirectory, only the total size.
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
7
Actuallydu's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variablePOSIXLY_CORRECTis set) or withdu -k.
– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",du -sh bagworked perfectly!
– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
add a comment |
du -s directory_name
Or to get human readable output:
du -sh directory_name
The -s option means that it won't list the size for each subdirectory, only the total size.
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
7
Actuallydu's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variablePOSIXLY_CORRECTis set) or withdu -k.
– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",du -sh bagworked perfectly!
– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
add a comment |
du -s directory_name
Or to get human readable output:
du -sh directory_name
The -s option means that it won't list the size for each subdirectory, only the total size.
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
du -s directory_name
Or to get human readable output:
du -sh directory_name
The -s option means that it won't list the size for each subdirectory, only the total size.
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
edited Oct 12 '10 at 17:51
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
answered Oct 12 '10 at 12:38
sepp2ksepp2k
4,16711622
4,16711622
7
Actuallydu's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variablePOSIXLY_CORRECTis set) or withdu -k.
– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",du -sh bagworked perfectly!
– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
add a comment |
7
Actuallydu's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variablePOSIXLY_CORRECTis set) or withdu -k.
– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",du -sh bagworked perfectly!
– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
7
7
Actually
du's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set) or with du -k.– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
Actually
du's default unit is 512-byte blocks according to POSIX, and kilobytes on Linux (unless the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set) or with du -k.– Gilles
Oct 12 '10 at 17:49
3
3
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
@Gilles: Good catch. I've removed the "number of bytes" bit from my answer.
– sepp2k
Oct 12 '10 at 17:53
1
1
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
worked as prescribed
– skidadon
May 28 '15 at 19:17
1
1
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
if the directory is very big and have lots of subdirectories, it takes lots of time... almost 1 min.. is that normal? is there a way to get the size more rapidly?
– yeahman
Oct 15 '15 at 19:59
2
2
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",
du -sh bag worked perfectly!– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
I needed to calculate the size of my folder "bag",
du -sh bag worked perfectly!– Toni Almeida
Mar 4 '16 at 12:15
add a comment |
GNU du takes a -b option.
See the man page and the info page for more help:
-b,--bytesis equivalent to--apparent-size --block-size=1
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
add a comment |
GNU du takes a -b option.
See the man page and the info page for more help:
-b,--bytesis equivalent to--apparent-size --block-size=1
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
add a comment |
GNU du takes a -b option.
See the man page and the info page for more help:
-b,--bytesis equivalent to--apparent-size --block-size=1
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
GNU du takes a -b option.
See the man page and the info page for more help:
-b,--bytesis equivalent to--apparent-size --block-size=1
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
edited Dec 6 '15 at 13:06
kenorb
8,986374111
8,986374111
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
answered Feb 3 '15 at 14:12
user2573436user2573436
7913
7913
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add a comment |
While using a separate package such as ncdu may work well, the same comparison of many folders can be done, to some degree, by just giving du a list of folders to size up. For example to compare top-level directories on your system...
cd /
sudo du -sh ./*
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
2
More simply,du -sh /*
– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
add a comment |
While using a separate package such as ncdu may work well, the same comparison of many folders can be done, to some degree, by just giving du a list of folders to size up. For example to compare top-level directories on your system...
cd /
sudo du -sh ./*
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
2
More simply,du -sh /*
– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
add a comment |
While using a separate package such as ncdu may work well, the same comparison of many folders can be done, to some degree, by just giving du a list of folders to size up. For example to compare top-level directories on your system...
cd /
sudo du -sh ./*
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
While using a separate package such as ncdu may work well, the same comparison of many folders can be done, to some degree, by just giving du a list of folders to size up. For example to compare top-level directories on your system...
cd /
sudo du -sh ./*
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
answered Sep 10 '15 at 16:50
NFlourishNFlourish
6912
6912
2
More simply,du -sh /*
– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
add a comment |
2
More simply,du -sh /*
– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
2
2
More simply,
du -sh /*– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
More simply,
du -sh /*– roaima
Sep 10 '15 at 17:00
add a comment |
you can also use ls -ldh:
ls -ldh /etc
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12K 2012-06-02 11:44 /etc
-l is for long listing ; -d is for displaying dir info, not the content of the dir, -h is for displaying size in huma readable format.
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
add a comment |
you can also use ls -ldh:
ls -ldh /etc
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12K 2012-06-02 11:44 /etc
-l is for long listing ; -d is for displaying dir info, not the content of the dir, -h is for displaying size in huma readable format.
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
add a comment |
you can also use ls -ldh:
ls -ldh /etc
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12K 2012-06-02 11:44 /etc
-l is for long listing ; -d is for displaying dir info, not the content of the dir, -h is for displaying size in huma readable format.
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
you can also use ls -ldh:
ls -ldh /etc
drwxr-xr-x 145 root root 12K 2012-06-02 11:44 /etc
-l is for long listing ; -d is for displaying dir info, not the content of the dir, -h is for displaying size in huma readable format.
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
answered Jun 2 '12 at 22:48
fromnaboofromnaboo
4,01211512
4,01211512
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
add a comment |
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
4
4
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
This isn't correct, the person asking is clearly looking for footprint of a directory and it's contents on disk. @sepp2k's answer is correct.
– blong
Jun 5 '12 at 13:16
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
The ls -ldh command only shows the size of inode structure of a directory. The metric is a reflection of size of the index table of file names, but not the actual size of the file content within the directory.
– linbianxiaocao
Mar 28 '16 at 18:19
add a comment |
du -csh
-c produces grand total
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
The-cdoesn't make sense to use together with-s, right?-sonly displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.
– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
add a comment |
du -csh
-c produces grand total
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
The-cdoesn't make sense to use together with-s, right?-sonly displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.
– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
add a comment |
du -csh
-c produces grand total
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
du -csh
-c produces grand total
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
edited Sep 1 '16 at 19:57
Jeff Schaller♦
44.3k1162143
44.3k1162143
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
answered Sep 1 '16 at 18:49
Kalpesh SoniKalpesh Soni
1113
1113
The-cdoesn't make sense to use together with-s, right?-sonly displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.
– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
add a comment |
The-cdoesn't make sense to use together with-s, right?-sonly displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.
– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
The
-c doesn't make sense to use together with -s, right? -s only displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
The
-c doesn't make sense to use together with -s, right? -s only displays the size of the specified directory, that is the total size of the directory.– Andreas Storvik Strauman
Jun 5 '18 at 10:43
add a comment |
Try
du -hax --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G' | sort -nr
This helps find large directories to then sift through using du -sh ./*
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
add a comment |
Try
du -hax --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G' | sort -nr
This helps find large directories to then sift through using du -sh ./*
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
add a comment |
Try
du -hax --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G' | sort -nr
This helps find large directories to then sift through using du -sh ./*
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
Try
du -hax --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G' | sort -nr
This helps find large directories to then sift through using du -sh ./*
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
edited Dec 1 '16 at 7:39
countermode
5,32842145
5,32842145
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
answered Dec 1 '16 at 7:33
rollinjackrollinjack
1
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I always install the "ncdu" package and see all the output of all directories with graphical representation.
This is because I usually need to know what's taking up the most disk space on my machines, regardless of how much a single directory sums up.
Usage: sudo ncdu / (You do not need sudo for folders on which you have read permission).
It will take a while to scan disk usage statistics on the whole file system. It has a nice command line graphical representation and included keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, like going deeper or higher in the scanned path. You can also delete items by pressing D.
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I always install the "ncdu" package and see all the output of all directories with graphical representation.
This is because I usually need to know what's taking up the most disk space on my machines, regardless of how much a single directory sums up.
Usage: sudo ncdu / (You do not need sudo for folders on which you have read permission).
It will take a while to scan disk usage statistics on the whole file system. It has a nice command line graphical representation and included keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, like going deeper or higher in the scanned path. You can also delete items by pressing D.
edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
1033
answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
EtescartzEtescartz
91
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I always install the "ncdu" package and see all the output of all directories with graphical representation.
This is because I usually need to know what's taking up the most disk space on my machines, regardless of how much a single directory sums up.
Usage: sudo ncdu / (You do not need sudo for folders on which you have read permission).
It will take a while to scan disk usage statistics on the whole file system. It has a nice command line graphical representation and included keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, like going deeper or higher in the scanned path. You can also delete items by pressing D.
edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
1033
answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
EtescartzEtescartz
91
I always install the "ncdu" package and see all the output of all directories with graphical representation.
This is because I usually need to know what's taking up the most disk space on my machines, regardless of how much a single directory sums up.
Usage: sudo ncdu / (You do not need sudo for folders on which you have read permission).
It will take a while to scan disk usage statistics on the whole file system. It has a nice command line graphical representation and included keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, like going deeper or higher in the scanned path. You can also delete items by pressing D.
edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
1033
answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
EtescartzEtescartz
91
edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
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edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
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edited Apr 3 '17 at 8:44
Berry M.
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answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
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answered Jun 23 '15 at 8:57
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You can use "file-size.sh" from the awk Velour library:
ls -ARgo "$@" | awk '{q += $3} END {print q}'
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You can use "file-size.sh" from the awk Velour library:
ls -ARgo "$@" | awk '{q += $3} END {print q}'
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You can use "file-size.sh" from the awk Velour library:
ls -ARgo "$@" | awk '{q += $3} END {print q}'
answered Mar 29 '17 at 0:39
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You can use "file-size.sh" from the awk Velour library:
ls -ARgo "$@" | awk '{q += $3} END {print q}'
answered Mar 29 '17 at 0:39
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du -hd1
will list in human-readable format the sizes of all the directories, e.g.
656K ./rubberband
2.2M ./lame
652K ./pkg-config
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du -hd1
will list in human-readable format the sizes of all the directories, e.g.
656K ./rubberband
2.2M ./lame
652K ./pkg-config
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du -hd1
will list in human-readable format the sizes of all the directories, e.g.
656K ./rubberband
2.2M ./lame
652K ./pkg-config
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du -hd1
will list in human-readable format the sizes of all the directories, e.g.
656K ./rubberband
2.2M ./lame
652K ./pkg-config
answered 26 mins ago
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answered 26 mins ago
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answered 26 mins ago
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