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Old 08-18-2003, 04:34 PM   #1
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what is the shell command to....

...Find out how much data is in one folder? I am looking to find out how much data I have on the machine and I'd like to find out how mcuh data is in a folder, and have the number be a recursive sum of all subfolders within the target folder. Any help?

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Old 08-18-2003, 04:39 PM   #2
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Perhaps you are looking for the du command.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 05:25 PM   #3
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that worked well! thanks!
 
  


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