directory size listing with ls

mikemrh9 · 01-05-2005, 11:59 AM

Hi.

I'm trying to get 'ls' to show me the total size of a directory. ls -l just gives the directory entry size, but not the cumulative size of the files contained within it.

I can't see anything in the man page. Any ideas, please?

druuna · 01-05-2005, 12:16 PM

Hi,

To my knowledge this cannot be done with ls, take a look at du (du -s).

Hope this helps.

Blinker_Fluid · 01-05-2005, 01:04 PM

There is ls -dl but I don't think it shows you size.
I would use this instead in the directory:
du -h --max-depth=1