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Old 07-26-2011, 07:00 PM   #1
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quick question on commands

what command looks at the size of the file?
 
Old 07-26-2011, 07:09 PM   #2
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ls -lh Filename

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du -h filename
 
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http://linux.die.net/man/1/stat
 
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wc -c <file
 
  


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