show size of all filesin a directory
 

what is the command for displaying the size of a directory plus all of its subdirectories and files, ive done soem searching and am terribly emberassed by my innability to find an answer

try "du -s -k directory_to_count"

details: "man du"

thanks a lot

you're welcome

Another way:
ls -Rhal desire_directory

You may want to redirect it to a file so you can easily view everthing. Some terminals can not hold a lot of lines.