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Old 08-04-2011
strange output with du
Can someone please explain why I get two outputs with the du command? The first one gave me one. I also didn't ask for the second directory so why did it give that directory?

Code:
$ du -h "/media/Part 1/Desktop/playlist"
775M    /media/Part 1/Desktop/playlist
$ du -h "/media/Part 1/Bob_5-22-2010/Desktop/"
863M    /media/Part 1/Bob_5-22-2010/Desktop/playlist
863M    /media/Part 1/Bob_5-22-2010/Desktop/

# 2  
Old 08-04-2011
Probably because in the first case you had no subdirectory under "/media/Part 1/Desktop/playlist" but in the second case had a subdirectory under "/media/Part 1/Bob_5-22-2010/Desktop/".

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The du(1) utility displays the file system block usage for each file
argument and for each directory in the file hierarchy rooted in each
directory argument. If no file is specified, the block usage of the
hierarchy rooted in the current directory is displayed.
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