Karl, # get_total_files_size() { TOTAL=0; for K in $(find $1 -type f -mtime +20 | xargs du -skc 2>/dev/null |grep total); do TOTAL=$(($TOTAL+$(echo $K|awk '{print $1}'))); done; echo "Total Filesize (K): $TOTAL"; }
$ get_total_file_size /var/log Total Filesize (kb): 5712 Regards, -Urivan Flores-Saaib ==============Original message text=============== On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:18:56 PDT Karl Cunningham wrote: $ command_xx `find -mtime +20` I'm looking for command_xx which will give me a sum of the file sizes for the list of files more than 20 days old (in this case). What might command_xx be? tia Karl Cunningham -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list ===========End of original message text=========== Urivan A. Flores Saaib CiberLinux Networking Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list