How to check directory size

umen · #1 (**permalink**) 08-29-2005

how say I have directory how can I get the directory size in mega and if it less then 1 mega so byts
Thanks

plimpix · #2 (**permalink**) 08-29-2005

older versions of du don't have this as an option but you can download fileutils from say www.sunfreeware.com for solaris. I'm sure there are such sites for hp-ux etc as well..

du -h

would give you human readable.

umen · #3 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005

More about sizes..
well it seams my su don’t support su –h (its itanium machine)
is there any way to get the same result with script ? I can't install any thing new here.
one more question about getting the size of afile ..
say if ilike to get file size in houmen readable format when I sort the files with ls or ll can it be done?
thanks for the helpers

adurga · #4 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005

regarding file size, normal ls -lrt with cut command is not helping? What do you mean by human readable format?

umen · #5 (**permalink**) 08-30-2005

i mean like: file x is 4 mega or file y is 300kb

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