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11-23-2004, 10:42 PM
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Registered: Apr 2003
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A simple command displaying the size of a directory
Hi folks,
FedoraCore2
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What will be the simple command line on terminal displaying the size of a directory (/Dir_AAA) in MB including all its subdirectories and files.
TIA
B.R.
satimis
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11-23-2004, 10:50 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: In the DC 'burbs
Distribution: Arch, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
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man du -- in particular, du -s will help you.
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11-23-2004, 10:51 PM
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Distribution: SuSE 6.4-11.3, Dsl linux, FreeBSD 4.3-6.2, Mandrake 8.2, Redhat, UHU, Debian Etch
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du
Is it simple enough?
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11-23-2004, 10:55 PM
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Distribution: Slackware
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use "du -h" for filesize in bytes
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11-23-2004, 11:32 PM
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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: India
Distribution: Redhat Enterprise Server 2.1
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Hi,
should work good for you 
Last edited by nitin_batta; 11-23-2004 at 11:33 PM.
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11-24-2004, 12:06 AM
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Registered: Apr 2003
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Hi folks,
Your advice noted with thanks.
B.R.
satimis
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