Directories always 4096 bytes?

riwaJR · 04-03-2006, 09:31 AM

I can't read the disk usage with the ls -l command. It only shows the disk usage of the actual DIR not what's in it. How can I change that?

jonaskoelker · 04-03-2006, 11:06 AM

looking through `man ls`, I don't think it's possible.

You say directories always take up 4K. My experience--with a ReiserFS partition--is different. Which FS are you using?

Also, computing the value you ask for (recursive sum of size of contents) takes quite a while. Have a look at what `du' can do for you.

hth --Jonas

riwaJR · 04-03-2006, 11:29 AM

I use this regular FS called (ext3??) I think. Yeah I know I can 'du' it but I ('m definately not sure) think I could do that in Ubuntu. I don't bother to much it'd be nice though...

Thanks for the info..

/Richard

farslayer · 04-03-2006, 12:00 PM

A couple options.. Disk Usage

df -h

du -sh /[!d,p]*

du -h /|sort -r|more

du -h /|sort -n

possibly one of those will suit your needs..

nx5000 · 04-03-2006, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

A couple options.. Disk Usage

df -h

du -sh /[!d,p]*

du -h /|sort -r|more

du -h /|sort -n

possibly one of those will suit your needs..

Hum

Code:

du -h | sort -n

is not so nice!!
If somebody knows (I'm sure I've seen it somewhere) how to sort number with M,G,.. I'm intersted.
You would replace it by:

Code:

du -ks * | sort -n

or

Code:

du -ksx * | sort -n