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# 1  
Old 11-30-2007
Command to get file size..
Hi,
Apart from ll -s, is there any way to check the file size.

I am working on a script to send a alert when the file size nears the ulimit.
So need the command that will show just the size in bytes.

Also clear my another doubt.When ulimit -a shows the following

time(seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) 1048576
stack(kbytes) 131072
memory(kbytes) unlimited
coredump(blocks) 4194303
nofiles(descriptors) 2048

Does it mean that any file created on this server will have no limit on the size ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Gideon.
# 2  
Old 11-30-2007
file means "The maximum size of files written by the shell and its children", so the answer is yes. For alternative on getting the file size you can use "stat", sample output :
Quote:
[sysgate@sysgate ~]$ stat data/unixbased.gif
File: `data/unixbased.gif'
Size: 7385 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 261934 Links: 1
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 500/sysgate) Gid: ( 500/sysgate)
Access: 2007-10-16 13:06:09.000000000 +0300
Modify: 2007-02-26 12:43:35.000000000 +0200
Change: 2007-10-16 13:06:05.000000000 +0300
# 3  
Old 11-30-2007
Thank you for teaching me a new command.

But ls -s <file name> also gives in blocks itself right ? [ correct me if I am wrong ]

xx51007@edcuxdv3 /home/xx51007 > ls -s clscrn.pc
62 clscrn.pc

Also stat does not work in my system [ HP-UX] Smilie

Regards,
Gideon.
# 4  
Old 12-03-2007
How about:

du -k <filename>

or

du -h <filename>

?
# 5  
Old 12-03-2007
How about using perl to invoke the stat system call...

perl -e 'printf "%d\n" ,(stat(shift))[7]; ' somefile
should do it. And HP-UX has an older perl in /usr/contrib/bin in case you have not installed a modern version of perl.
# 6  
Old 12-03-2007
Thanks both.
But Perderabo's solution works.I had a option earlier

ll clscrn.pc | awk '{ print $5 }' | tail -1

But wanted to know a single "commnad". Anyways thank everyone.

Regards,
Gideon.
 
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