Kent Johnson wrote: > Newbie question: > > How can I get the total size, in K, of all files in a directory that > match a pattern? > > For example, I have a dir with ~5000 files, I would like to know the > total size of the ~1000 files matching *.txt. > > On RHEL and bash, if it matters... > Thanks, > Kent > _______________________________________________
To get the result in K, specify: du -c --block-size=1024 *.txt or your choice of what you think K means ;) man du tells more. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
