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# 1  
Old 10-01-2008
Java how to find the size of a directory alone
hi,
i am using korn shell...............
Any one please help me in solving the below question:

question: i need to find the size of the directory alone...

let us assume /root/kamal/hash1 is the directory, now i want to find the hash1 size ..

I tried below command but it is giving the size of all files in the folder..
ls -l /root/kamal/hash1 | awk '{print $5}'

i need to find size of hash1 alone.....

please help me in soving this ..

thanks in advance.....
kamal.
# 2  
Old 10-01-2008
Code:
du -s /root/kamal/hash1

If you want it in human readable form..
du -hs /root/kamal/hash1

# 3  
Old 10-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by nua7
Code:
du -s /root/kamal/hash1

If you want it in human readable form..
du -hs /root/kamal/hash1

the ooutput for your command is: 24K /root/kamal/hash1
but i want it to be display only size in bytes ...
like this o/p i required... : 4096
that is sufficient for me....
pls help me
# 4  
Old 10-01-2008
Code:
du -bs /root/kamal/hash1

# 5  
Old 10-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by nua7
Code:
du -bs /root/kamal/hash1

can u please specify other way without using "du"
# 6  
Old 10-01-2008
Is this a homework question..?
# 7  
Old 10-01-2008
in your awk command, add up column 5.
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