[linux-help] checking a directory size

[Ben Bunck <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a simple command to check the "size" of a directory (the sum total 
of it's contents)?  I run into a lot of occasions where such information 
would be useful (making iso images of directories, for instance).

Ben

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