On Thursday 11 July 2002 10:51 am, Miark wrote:
> Except if you use -h, then -b is implied, so you
> don't need it.
>
> Miark
>
> "Robt.  Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:
> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Ross Pearson wrote:
> > > I'm having difficulty finding a way to display the total size
> > > of a directory and all its contents while at a console.
> > > Can anyone give any pointers please.
> >
> >  du -b -h


     I've always used 'du -ch'   Seems to give the same output as -bh, 
but also gives a grand total.  

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