[SOLVED] Determine the size of file in a script

tara · 06-24-2010, 06:24 PM

Hi,

I have the following which works but think there must be a easier one-liner way of doing this which involves not writing to a file but have failed to find something that works

This is what I have:

Code:

du -m $i > filesize.txt
FILESIZE=$`cat "filesize.txt" | cut -f1
rm filesize.txt

I then use the FILESIZE to compare to a number.

cheers,
Tara

AlucardZero · 06-24-2010, 06:35 PM

stat -c%s $i

stevexyz · 06-24-2010, 06:48 PM

Perhaps you could try something like FILESIZE=$(du -m $i) Steve

tara · 06-24-2010, 07:34 PM

got it with

Code:

FILESIZE="$((`stat -c%s $i` / 1000000))"

The 1000000 is 1000 * 10000 to get to M. Probably more correct as 1024 but not that important.

Thanks