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Old 03-17-2008, 12:39 AM
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Is it possible to tell the size of just one directory?
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Old 03-17-2008, 11:51 AM
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In kilobytes:
Code:
$ du -s <directory>
In megabytes:
Code:
$ du -sh <directory>
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Old 03-23-2008, 02:48 AM
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Perfect, just what I was looking for:

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# du -sh downloads
702M    downloads
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