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linux command: directory size

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prophotodx

prophotodx

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Jan 20, 2003
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What is the command line syntax for calculating the size of a directory and its contents (files and child folders).

please educate the linux noobie...thanx....

DBX
(Try it my way, it might work...)
 
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du -sh" is usually what I want. man du for more.
 
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