Saving the total bytes written using TAR to a textfile

Berris.Oliver · 02-23-2009, 01:27 AM

The TAR command in Linux has an option to display the total bytes written after creating an archive by adding --totals. No problem with using it like the syntax stated below:

tar -cvf mp3.tar mp3 --totals

But how can you save the total bytes in a textfile? I tried this syntax but it didn't work as expected:

tar -cvf mp3.tar mp3 --totals > test.txt

Is there a command that offers more convenience or an easier way just to get the tarred file size information?

indeliblestamp · 02-23-2009, 01:32 AM

This should work for you:

Code:

tar -cvf mp3.tar mp3 --totals 2> test.txt

Valery Reznic · 02-24-2009, 02:25 AM

Code:

stat -c '%s' mp3.tar