list contents of directory without listing contents

baddah · 06-12-2006, 01:46 AM

hi,

say i've got a directory with 10000 files in it,and i'd like to display the size of the directory(and its contents),but not list the contents(the 1000ofiles) how can i do it?i've tried something like

Code:

ls -ldh dirname

but that does not seem to work,the size it lists is much smaller than the size i'm expecting.I'm sure theres just some little command,i've looked at the man pages,but i must have missed it.

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 06-12-2006, 03:45 AM

are you not just after du?

baddah · 06-12-2006, 04:02 AM

thanks,exactly what i was looking for.