Andy Greenwood wrote: > DSA - JCR wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I would like to know the total number of bytes of a directory and its >> related subdirs, occupied by the files inside it. I haven't found any >> command for knowning it. >> > > # du -s /etc > 17008 /etc > > You need read privs to all the subdirectories, otherwise you'll get > permission errors and it'll skip those. Note that this displays usage in > 512-byte blocks, not bytes, but you should be able to figure it out from > there.
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