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Old 01-11-2003, 10:49 AM   #1
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list size of directory and all directories it contains?

I run a webpage and I'm wondering how I could list the size of a directory and all the subdirectories. ls -lh shows all the files individually, but I'd like it to add all of them up and to add up all of the subdirectories as well. Any ideas?
 
Old 01-11-2003, 10:57 AM   #2
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check out "du" see if it does what you want
 
Old 01-11-2003, 10:59 AM   #3
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