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Old 02-05-2008
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Originally Posted by bbbngowc View Post
I'm sure this is a simple one, but I'm new to UNIX and I can't figure it out.

How do I view file size in Megabytes? I have files in a directory and the size is 184710. I think this is in bytes but I'm not usre. How can I view this in MB.

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Depending on the OS you can use the -h option.
For example: ls -lh or du -sh *