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Old 03-04-2009
How to get the size of tar,Z,gz type file.
Hi,

How to get the size of the
.tar file
.Z file
.gz file.

Please help me what command i need to use in shell scripting Smilie

Regards,
Kalai
# 2  
Old 03-04-2009
ls -l file.gz |awk '{print $5}'

Or

wc -c file.gz |awk '{print $1}'

Same for .Z .tar or any other ordinary file.
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Old 03-04-2009

You can get the size of any file with:

Code:
wc -c FILENAME

If you want to get the uncompressed size:

Code:
unzip -p FILE.zip | wd -c
uncompress -c FILE.Z | wc -c
gunzip -c FILE.gz | wc -c

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Old 03-04-2009
Thanks a lot Smilie
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