How can I find size of a directory?

[ImaCaveMan]

Yes, I know VERY little Unix.
I feel dumb that I can't find the answer myself.
I have a directory /xyz with a lot of sub directories.
How do I find what the total size is in bytes?
Thanks

 

[nkm]

try the du command

du -s <dir>

 

[ImaCaveMan]

&quot;duh&quot;
thanks