How to list file size on HPUX?


 
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Old 06-28-2013
How to list file size on HPUX?

I used to use ls -l cut to detrmine file size, and google searches didn't come up with anything else but 'stat' which doesn't appear on HPUX.
I discovered the humble 'wc -c' which does this job very neatly, and thought I would share it.
# 2  
Old 06-28-2013
Would you consider:-
Code:
ls -l file|read perms links owner group size rest
echo $size

This may run faster for larger files as ls reads the directory, where wc will actually read the whole file.



I hope that this helps.
Robin
# 3  
Old 06-28-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
This may run faster for larger files as ls reads the directory, where wc will actually read the whole file.
This is implementation-dependent, many will not.
# 4  
Old 06-28-2013
Perl can be used to invoke stat system call. Refer post
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Old 06-28-2013
Yes, that's actually the syntax I use. I had been sort of miffed for so long that there wasn't a simple alternative, the discovery of "wc -c" was a bit of a shock.
I'm not sure that "wc -c" will scan the file if it doesn't need to. I guess an experiment will sort that out.
Thanks for the response
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Old 06-28-2013
I suppose I may well be err-ing on the caution side from normally using wc -l and counting lines, rather than characters. I know that can take a long time, so I just assumed.

I suppose that to assume makes an ass from u and me.



Robin
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Old 06-28-2013
I just did a test (on HPUX) and "wc -c" does read the whole file. Shame.
I'll keep using Robins syntax :
ls -l | read _ _ _ _ filesize _
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