How to list directory size?

[Mike Bird]

On Sat June 28 2008 10:15:34 Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Corey Bettenhausen
> <corey at 31415926535.com>
>
> wrote:
> > Robert Dailey wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> > >> Robert Dailey wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm currently using Ubuntu Server 8. Is there a way to use the 'ls'
> > >>
> > >> command
> > >>
> > >>> to display the size of a directory? That is, the size should be the
> >
> > added
> >
> > >>> size of the contents of files and other subdirectories (recursive).
> > >>
> > >>     I use $du -h which tells you how many gigabytes you have.
> > >
> > > That's almost what I'm looking for, except I don't want it to be
> >
> > recursive.
> > So, which is it?  Recursive or not?  Either way, "man du".  Take note of
> > the "--max-depth" option.  I usually like the "-c" option as well.
> > -Corey
>
> When I mentioned "recursive" in my original post, I was referring to the
> math- The math that calculates the size of the folder should be recursive,
> in that it will search the directory tree for all files under the folder in
> question and add their sizes together to form the final directory size. The
> display routine itself should *NOT* be recursive, as I only care to see the
> size of a specific folder and NOT its contents.

When you carefully read "man du" before posting this question you must have
accidently overlooked the "-s" switch.

--Mike Bird