The UNIX and Linux Forums  
Hello and Welcome from United States to the UNIX and Linux Forums! Thank You for Visiting and Joining Our Global Community.

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Dummy questions about how to get the size of a directory by command Dummy questions about how to get the size of a directory by command
.
google unix.com

Forums Register Forum RulesLinksAlbums FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers If you're not sure where to post a UNIX or Linux question, post it here. All UNIX and Linux newbies welcome !!

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
command to find out total size of a specific file size (spread over the server) abhinov SUN Solaris 3 08-08-2007 06:48 AM
more questions froma a dummy cinnamonbear UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 2 08-29-2006 07:33 PM
Dummy Questions slayer666 UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 8 08-17-2006 03:05 PM
Dummy questions about how to get the size of a directory by command GCTEII Shell Programming and Scripting 2 05-15-2006 02:39 AM
Polling/Interrogate Directory Questions dnidiffer Shell Programming and Scripting 1 06-14-2005 09:20 PM

Closed Thread
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 05-14-2006
GCTEII GCTEII is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: JP.Tokyo
Posts: 30
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.
Any advice?

Thanks in advance!
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 05-14-2006
gauri gauri is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 42
man on df. I guess size can be determined by df <dir_name>
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 05-15-2006
GCTEII GCTEII is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: JP.Tokyo
Posts: 30
No such format by df, df isn't used for directory but device instead
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 05-15-2006
System Shock's Avatar
System Shock System Shock is offline Forum Advisor  
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tau Ceti V
Posts: 521
Man the du command
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 05-15-2006
tayyabq8's Avatar
tayyabq8 tayyabq8 is offline Forum Advisor  
Moderator
  
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Bahrain
Posts: 578
Code:
du -sk /dirpath
Sponsored Links
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

« urgent answer these please | Multiple Virtual Storage »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Linear Mode
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:39 AM.

The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands RSS Feeds - Contact Us - The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands - Archive - Top

Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0