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Old 09-29-2003, 06:22 PM   #1
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show size of all filesin a directory

what is the command for displaying the size of a directory plus all of its subdirectories and files, ive done soem searching and am terribly emberassed by my innability to find an answer
 
Old 09-29-2003, 06:29 PM   #2
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try "du -s -k directory_to_count"

details: "man du"
 
Old 09-29-2003, 06:36 PM   #3
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thanks a lot
 
Old 09-29-2003, 06:38 PM   #4
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you're welcome
 
Old 09-29-2003, 11:49 PM   #5
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Another way:
ls -Rhal desire_directory

You may want to redirect it to a file so you can easily view everthing. Some terminals can not hold a lot of lines.
 
  


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