Need help in finding Folder Size

TonySolarisAdmi · #1 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008

Hi,
I would like to find the size of a folder. When I run the command
du -k
It is going through all the sub-folder and files and taking really much time.

Is there any command to get the complete directory size without showing the sub-folder and file size.

Appreciate your response.

Thanks!

Annihilannic · #2 (**permalink**) 09-11-2008

You could just add up the file sizes from ls -l?

Code:

ls -l | awk '{t+=$5}END{print t}'

spirtle · #3 (**permalink**) 09-11-2008

du (GNU at least) has a -s flag to do just that.
Otherwise see e.g. du a directory

Annihilannic · #4 (**permalink**) 09-11-2008

spirtle, while -s is useful, it doesn't avoid it searching through the subdirectories and adding them to the value reported, which is what the OP was asking for.

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