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sde · 10-05-2004, 10:48 AM

ls -lh directory

that will give me the size of the directory, but nothing inside of it.

ls -lhR

this will give me a huge list of all the items in the directory.

all i want is the size of the directory and its contents in the 'h' format.

any suggestions?

10-05-2004, 10:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
sde Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: us.ca Posts: 4,503	get the size of a directory and its contents ls -lh directory that will give me the size of the directory, but nothing inside of it. ls -lhR this will give me a huge list of all the items in the directory. all i want is the size of the directory and its contents in the 'h' format. any suggestions? __________________ Mike