On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 19:35 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote: > On 3/6/07, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is a silly question perhaps. I have my soundfiles in a directory named > > Sounds Library, this contains many subdirectories, which contain the .wav > > files. > > > > What command can I use to find out the disk space this directory is taking up, > > including all the files that are in the subdirectories? > > > > Nigel. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi, > I hope you appreciate this great one-liner I found for enhaced 'du' - > it even knows how to sort kB, MB and GB sizes right! > > ls -A | grep -v -e '^\.\.$' |xargs -i du -ks {} |sort -rn |head -11 | > awk '{print $2}' | xargs -i du -hs {} Very nice, but only summarizes the biggest 11 files (or directories). To get more, modify the "-11" option to the "head" command or remove the head command altogether (to get everything). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
