How to find the file size in GB 3

[scottpeter]

I have a directory. I need to find out the size of the files in the directory in GB's. How can I do this?

Thanks,
Scott

 

[TonyGroves]

Try:
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ls -l --block-size=1GB
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[KenCunningham]

Which flavour is that Tony? And what are you using, Scott?

 

[TonyGroves]

Mine is GNU ls.

 

[KenCunningham]

Ah, that'll be it then!

 

[scottpeter]

I am using GNU/Linux.

Tony the command does not do anything. It just displays the listing with the number of bytes. How can I get the values in GB's?

Sorry If I am being dumb, I am not too familiar with Linux/Unix.


Thanks,
Scott

 

[PHV]

a starting point:
ls -l | awk '{s=$5/1024/1024/1024;printf "%s\t%3.3f Gb\n",$0,s}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[hoinz]

As far as I can see, --block-size in Linux will only have an effect, if used together with -s; so try this:
ls -ls --block-size=1GB
And look at the first number in your lines.

hope this helps

 

[scottpeter]

Hoinz, even 'ls -ls --block-size=1GB' did not work on my system.

I did it using the following 'du -b *' which gives the disk usage in bytes and converted it into GB.

PHV, I tried your program after I was done. It works perfectly.........

Thank you everybody for the help.

Cheers,
Scott