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Old 08-30-2014
Script that sums the contents of a folder (help me)
I'm looking for a script that sums the contents of a folder,

When you give a parameter to the script , i want to know the size of the directory, the number of files, number of folders,

These are commands that I have already found
Code:
du -s
find . -type f | wc -l
find . -type d | wc -ly


Can anybody help me , I want to know how to start with this script
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 08-30-2014 at 10:23 AM.. Reason: code tags; spelling
# 2  
Old 08-30-2014
To determine the size of a directory, just simply use

Code:
du -sh /PATH/TO/DIRECTORY

If you want to list the sum of directories only you can use
Code:
ls -l | grep ^d | wc -l


And the same way to the sum of files but use "-" instead of "d", like

Code:
ls -l | grep ^- | wc -l

So you can save it in the top of your script variables.
Last edited by leo_ultra_leo; 08-30-2014 at 12:49 PM.. Reason: Correction
# 3  
Old 08-31-2014
with command find, use this, otherwise you count folder which begin with a dot

Code:
find . ! -name '\.' -type d | wc -l

The same for the files, it avoid to count the .DS_STORE (i work in mac OSX), you not constrain perhaps to use this

Code:
find . ! -name '\.*' -type f | wc -l

# 4  
Old 08-31-2014
I'm sorry but i'm not strong in writing a script.. Can you help me for how to start with this script , that i have something to start

---------- Post updated at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:03 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by protocomm
with command find, use this, otherwise you count folder which begin with a dot

Code:
find . ! -name '\.' -type d | wc -l

The same for the files, it avoid to count the .DS_STORE (i work in mac OSX), you not constrain perhaps to use this

Code:
find . ! -name '\.*' -type f | wc -l



i'm sorry but can you help me please for how to i get start with this script but i'm not strong in writting a script, i want to know how to start
# 5  
Old 08-31-2014
Hammer & Screwdriver
Here is a small demo which requires a directory name as parameter. It even accepts directory names containing whitespaces. The directory with whitespace needs to be quoted. Using your own commands, I guess you are after something like this:

sumcontent.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
 echo "no parameter/directory or too many provided."
 exit 1
fi

dirname="$*"

echo -n "SIZE: "
du -s "$dirname"
echo -n "FILES: "
find "$dirname" -type f | wc -l
echo -n "DIRECTORIES: "
find "$dirname" -type d | wc -l

Demo:
Code:
$ ./sumcontent.sh 
no parameter/directory or too many provided.
$ ./sumcontent.sh test folder
no parameter/directory or too many provided.
$ ./sumcontent.sh "test folder"
SIZE: 12    test folder
FILES: 2
DIRECTORIES: 3
$ ./sumcontent.sh test
SIZE: 12    test
FILES: 8
DIRECTORIES: 1
$

Now you should be able to play with it and try other commands mentioned in this thread.

You may want to extract the size only (from the du -s output).
You may want to check if the provided directory exists before the commands run.
You may want to add the -maxdepth 1 option to the find commands.

Hope this helps.
Last edited by junior-helper; 08-31-2014 at 08:06 AM.. Reason: removed second unnecessary if statement
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# 6  
Old 08-31-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by junior-helper
Here is a small demo which requires a directory name as parameter. It even accepts directory names containing whitespaces. The directory with whitespace needs to be quoted. Using your own commands, I guess you are after something like this:

sumcontent.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
 echo "no parameter/directory or too many provided."
 exit 1
fi

if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
 echo "too many parameters/directories provided."
 exit 2
fi

dirname="$*"

echo -n "SIZE: "
du -s "$dirname"
echo -n "FILES: "
find "$dirname" -type f | wc -l
echo -n "DIRECTORIES: "
find "$dirname" -type d | wc -l

Demo:
Code:
$ ./sumcontent.sh 
no parameter/directory or too many provided.
$ ./sumcontent.sh test folder
no parameter/directory or too many provided.
$ ./sumcontent.sh "test folder"
SIZE: 12    test folder
FILES: 2
DIRECTORIES: 3
$ ./sumcontent.sh test
SIZE: 12    test
FILES: 8
DIRECTORIES: 1
$

Now you should be able to play with it and try other commands mentioned in this thread.

You may want to extract the size only (from the du -s output).
You may want to check if the provided directory exists before the commands run.
You may want to add the -maxdepth 1 option to the find commands.

Hope this helps.
Thank to help me Smilie
# 7  
Old 08-31-2014
You're welcome Smilie
Please check my posting again, so you can remove that second IF statement, it is unnecessary.
Enjoy! Smilie
 
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