Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > On Monday 22 October 2007 09:11, Kent Johnson wrote: >> 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. > > Ah! Perhaps I actually know an answer to this one. (Very rare) > > Go to directory of interest and try > du -shc *.txt
That still lists each file individually, it needs to pipe to tail as Stephen suggested. Kent _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
