On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Ed Wilts wrote:
hi,
it is possible to know the size of file by simply typing the command ls
-s filename.
regards,
Balakrishnan Asish
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:49:06PM +0200, Michael Pahle wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > 'df' is for disks !?
> > 'du' is for directories !?
> >
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:49:06PM +0200, Michael Pahle wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > 'df' is for disks !?
> > 'du' is for directories !?
> >
> > How can I get the size of a particular file?
'du' will show the space used for a file the same as it shows space used
for a directory.
'ls -l' is the oth
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:49:06PM +0200, Michael Pahle wrote:
> Hi!
>
> 'df' is for disks !?
> 'du' is for directories !?
>
> How can I get the size of a particular file?
$ size=`stat -t $filename | cut -f 2 -d ' '`
$ echo $size
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:49:06PM +0200, Michael Pahle wrote:
> Hi!
>
> 'df' is for disks !?
> 'du' is for directories !?
You can use du for files too.
> How can I get the size of a particular file?
> I want to write the size of a particular file in a $variable.
wc -c ? ie cat $file |wc -c
