Re: [Linuxcommand-discuss] size of directories

[Norman B. R. <rob...@ze...>]

You'll be wanting to take a look at the 'du' command. the '-h' option 
makes it easier to interpret and the '-c' option gives you a grand total.

i.e., "du -ch /home/folder1/"

As always, check the man page for additional details.

Enjoy,

Norman

Mertens Bram wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Is there a way to get the size of a directory on the command line?
>Right now I open a Nautilus window select the directory and open the
>Preferences window which shows the 'Contents' info: number of files and
>total file size.
>
>Is there any way to do this?
>
>TIA
>  
>