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# 8  
Old 04-23-2011
ahamed101's script works for me in bash, what is your OS and what is your shell?

Here is a good thread to get filesizes.
# 9  
Old 04-23-2011
which shell are you using?

if your shell is bash can you post the output of
Code:
bash -x ./count <whatever directory>

or if ksh

Code:
ksh -x ./count <whatever directory>

regards,
Ahamed
# 10  
Old 04-23-2011
it's CentOs ...
it didn't work with me ... Smilie
# 11  
Old 04-23-2011
I don't have CentOS and never used it, but I think its a RH variant.
which is the shell?

regards,
Ahamed
# 12  
Old 04-23-2011
Thank you very much Ahmed for help me :

I found this code :

Code:
 
#!/bin/bash
FILE="/tmp/count.txt"
ls -l $1 > $FILE
echo " count : $(grep ^- $FILE -c) "
rm -f  $FILE

it worked .. but it counts the files with the hidden ones , I just want it to count the regular files ..
# 13  
Old 04-23-2011
mmm good... but its still a mystery why the other code didn't work...
anyways, its strange that it counts hidden files also...

below should give only normal files.
Code:
ls -l

For listing hidden files "-a" option should be used
Code:
ls -la

But still you have the issue of finding the size. Try if this works

Code:
#!/bin/bash 
FILE="/tmp/count.txt" 
ls -l $1 > $FILE
echo " count : $(grep ^- $FILE -c) "
awk '/^-/ {x=x+$5} END{print "Size:" x}' $FILE
rm -f  $FILE

regards,
Ahamed
# 14  
Old 04-24-2011
Thnaks Ahamed .. It works Smilie

but I just need one more thing

I'm new in Shell Programming :

please, can you explain this code a little for me :
Code:
awk '/^-/ {x=x+$5} END{print "Size:" x}' $FILE

Thank you again ...
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