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ls command help

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FredMichel

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If you do an ls -l command, the first line returned says "total" followed by a number. What does that number represent?

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Taken from manpage for ls:

When the size of the files in a directory are listed, the ls command displays a
total count of blocks, including indirect blocks.


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