Dummy questions about how to get the size of a directory by command Post: 302073486

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Dummy Questions

NOT IN USE, IGNORE

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

4. Solaris

command to find out total size of a specific file size (spread over the server)

hi all, in my server there are some specific application files which are spread through out the server... these are spread in folders..sub-folders..chid folders... please help me, how can i find the total size of these specific files in the server...

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

command to reduce size of file/directory???

Hello, I want to compress any given file or directory. I used 1)gzip 2)zip But when I do "ls -l". I found that the zipped file is in fact greater in size than the original file. Can you please tell me the commands which will show me the difference in its size.

6. Solaris

Directory size larger than file system size?

Hi, We currently have an Oracle database running and it is creating lots of processes in the /proc directory that are 1000M in size. The size of the /proc directory is now reading 26T. How can this be if the root file system is only 13GB? I have seen this before we an Oracle temp file...

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Unix command for a dummy... where do i start?

I have never used Unix before and only heard of it at the start of the week. But ny new job requires me to use the Unix/Linux command, and i need an introduction for a total beginer... are there any intro videos or books you would recomend? :confused:

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to delete some of the files in the directory, if the directory size limits the specified size

To find the whole size of a particular directory i use "du -sk /dirname".. but after finding the direcory's size how do i make conditions like if the size of the dir is more than 1 GB i hav to delete some of the files inside the dir

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Command to list our directory size

Is there any command that can list out all the files size including directory in 1 command？ `ls` will only give 2048 for a directory, which i'm looking for the actual size.

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Ls directory size reporting byte size instead of file count

I have been searching both on Unix.com and Google and have not been able to find the answer to my question. I think it is partly because I can't come up with the right search terms. Recently, my virtual server switched storage devices and I think the problem may be related to that change....

LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

btrfsctl

BTRFSCTL(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       BTRFSCTL(8)

NAME

       btrfsctl - control a btrfs filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       btrfsctl  [  -d file|directory  ] [ -s snapshot-name directory ] [  -S subvolume-name directory ] [  -r [+-]size ] [  -A device ] [  -a ] [
       -c ]

DESCRIPTION

       btrfsctl is used to control the filesystem and the files and directories stored. It is the tool to create a new snapshot for  the  filesys-
       tem.

OPTIONS

       -d file|directory
	      Defragment a file or a directory. If the argument is a directory, the entire b-tree under the directory is defragged.

       -s snapshot-name directory
	      Creates a new snapshot of the directory specified.

       -S subvolume-name directory
	      Creates a new subvolume.

       -r [+|-]size
	      Resizes  the  filesystem	with  the  size  specified.  If the value is preceded with a signed symbol, the filesystem is resized with
	      respect to the current filesystem size. size can be suffixed by k,m or g to represent kilobytes,	megabytes,  or	gigabytes  respec-
	      tively.

       -A device
	      Scans the device for btrfs filesystem.

       -a     Scans all devices present in the system for btrfs filesystem.

       -c     Forces a filesystem sync.

AVAILABILITY

       btrfsctl  is  part  of  btrfs-progs.  Btrfs is currently under heavy development, and not suitable for any uses other than benchmarking and
       review.	Please refer to the btrfs wiki http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details.

SEE ALSO

       mkfs.btrfs(8)

																       BTRFSCTL(8)

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers