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Old 01-22-2004, 12:03 PM   #1
satimis
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Command to find total file size


Hi folks,

What command will be used to show the total size in 'MB' of all files in a folder.

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Old 01-22-2004, 12:19 PM   #2
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du -hs [directory]

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