Unix directory disk space 1

[fatchoy]

Hi

Have a simple question ,I can't remember the command to
check the disk space used by a directory that contain some files.
It is not ls -l cause it wont show the total diskspace used by all the files .I also do not wan wish to use du command cause manually still need some caculation involved.

Can anyone advise.

Thanks

 

[comtec17]

df -k or bdf depending on OS

 

[pete91z]

Try du -k . | tail -1 That should give you the total for the current dir in Kb

 

[Ygor]

Total size (in bytes) of all files in a directory is given by...

ls -l | awk '/^-/ {sum+=$5} END {print sum}'

 

[bonnerrw]

I vote du -k, just remember to specify a directory name if you don't want them all..

Bob

 

[Ambatim]

Hi Ygor

Your solution works fine.

I did not understand the syntax of awk.

What is the purpose for using '/^-/ in awk

I appreciate if you can explain this.

Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[danielhozac]

It means that the line must start ([tt]^[/tt]) with a hyphen ([tt]-[/tt]).

//Daniel