[SOLVED] command to do a ll with total folder size for each

anon091 · 08-20-2009, 03:59 PM

I have a lot of folders where i need to report how big each folder is (all its files and subfolders). Right now I just do a ll to see all the folder names, then go into each one and do a du -ch | grep total.

karamarisan · 08-20-2009, 04:01 PM

Have you tried `du -s` on either * or a list of all your directories?

Just so you know, ll isn't a valid command in most places. It's an alias defined in your .bashrc or somewhere, probably to `ls -l`.

anon091 · 08-20-2009, 05:03 PM

ll is ls -l, sorry for the confusion

how would i do a du -s for say all folders within a /data? I tried and apparently didn't do it right.

karamarisan · 08-20-2009, 05:17 PM

`du -s /data/*` should give you a single line for each thing in /data/. If you need to match only the directories, that's a little trickier... maybe write a shell script that takes the output of ls and prints each thing only if it's a directory? If you're in the mood to switch shells (or install a new one and write a script for it), zsh has much more advanced globbing that can take care of this - I can get the effect you want with `du -sh *(/)`.

anon091 · 08-21-2009, 09:01 AM

Oh, that worked perfectly! I did a du -sh /data/* and that gave me exactly what i was looking for. i threw the h in there since all the folders are pretty big, makes it easier to read.

karamarisan · 08-21-2009, 03:15 PM

I only left it out to focus on the important option - I never run du without -h, myself.

Glad you got what you wanted, and good luck in the future.