[SOLVED] command to do a ll with total folder size for each
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command to do a ll with total folder size for each
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.
`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 *(/)`.
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.
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