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Dummy questions about how to get the size of a directory by command
Hi,
'ls -ld' is no use ....
I want to get the total size of a directory including subdir.
Any advice?

Thanks in advance
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For Directory length, u can use the follwing command :

du -k

It gives the length including all the sub-directories.

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I use du command and get the answer which I need!
du -sm
Thanks in advance!
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