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Old 04-04-2012
Small fast question
just to confirm
du from sh show sizes as multiples of 512 byte right?
# 2  
Old 04-04-2012
Yes.

To get the value in kilobytes.
Code:
du -k

Some versions have a "-h" (human-readable) format option.
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Old 04-04-2012
great thanks methyl

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same as ls -s? ls -s default 512 too right?
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Old 04-04-2012
Yes, but I don't know of an option in unix ls to have it in more usable units.
It all dates back to the standard disc block size of 512 bytes on early systems (which is totally irrelevant on modern hardware).

Many unixes still use HFS filesystems for the filesystem containing the bootable kernel (/stand). This filesystem works in the old manner with strict 512 byte blocks and no fragmentation allowed.
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Old 04-04-2012
oo.. so du still the best for size stuff
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