[linux-help] Re: checking a directory size

["Jack Marks" <jmarks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben Bunck wrote:

> 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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du will provide statistics for a particular directory.
    -h flag makes it easier to read the output
    -s flag provides a summary, instead of the details for all subdiectories
ex: du /tmp
# du /tmp
12      /tmp/lost+found
1       /tmp/ssh-XXRJjQz5
1       /tmp/ssh-XX8vu2ea
1       /tmp/.font-unix
1       /tmp/.X11-unix
2       /tmp/orbit-root
4       /tmp/ZZFiler
1       /tmp/.ICE-unix
1       /tmp/orbit-xxxx
1       /tmp/.sawmill-xxxx
1       /tmp/.sawmill-xxx
28      /tmp

and # du -hs /tmp
28k     /tmp

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