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Old 02-23-2014
Viewing file size in current directory
What is the command line for viewing the sizes(lines and bytes)of all the files in your present working directory?

Is it
>ls -la
Last edited by Payton2704; 02-23-2014 at 04:52 PM..
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Old 02-23-2014
ls -l will show the byte size, amongst other info. For the number of lines, you need to use e.g. wc -l.
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Old 02-23-2014
Lines?
Not sure what you mean by lines.
If any one file contains full binary then how would YOU interpret lines?
LBNL is this homework?
 
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