size of directory

[buxtonicer1]

Whats the easiest way to get the size of a directory in megabytes ?

The ls -l command gives you details of files in a directory, and details of a directory itself but not how much that directory and all the contents of it take up.

 

[PHV]

man du

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[KarveR]

du -h --max-depth=1



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[buxtonicer1]

max-dept=1 that one dir level

 

[borne2bash]

du -ch /directory | grep total | awk '{print "Directory Size: "$1}'

Just a fancier way. Good luck.

 

[KarveR]

or even:

du -ch DIRECTORY|tail -1

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