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Old 07-09-2013, 04:25 AM   #1
Xilonen
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Which command can extract just number from a line or text file?


Hi people,
I'm using du command:
du folder_name
and that gives me the result, for example:
8 folder_name
I wonder- how can I get just that 8 (that number) without the name of folder next to it?
(I want to do that because I want to assign that value to a variable in a script.)
Or if I write the result of command in a text file:
du folder_name > some_file, how can I get that number (in this case 8)from that file?
 
Old 07-09-2013, 04:45 AM   #2
Madhu Desai
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Code:
du folder_name | awk '{print $1}'
Edit:
You can also use -s for summary, and -h for human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
Code:
du -sh folder_name | awk '{print $1}'

Last edited by Madhu Desai; 07-09-2013 at 04:48 AM.
 
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Old 07-09-2013, 04:48 AM   #3
Xilonen
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Thank you very much! It works.


Edit: I know that switches, thanks...

Last edited by Xilonen; 07-09-2013 at 06:12 AM.
 
  


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