How to list directory size?

[Robert Dailey]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:13 PM, epuster <epuster at eecs.utk.edu> wrote:

> Robert Dailey wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Mike Bird <mgb-ubuntu at yosemite.net
> > <mailto:mgb-ubuntu at yosemite.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     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 <mailto:corey at 31415926535.com>>
> >     >
> >     > wrote:
> >     > > Robert Dailey wrote:
> >     > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Karl Larsen
> >     <k5di at zianet.com <mailto: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.
> >
> >
> > I posted this question because I didn't know about 'du'...
> >
> > -s switch did the trick.
> If you're interested in seeing how space is distributed, rather than
> capturing text output, you can also use the Disk Usage Analyzer under
> Applications -> Accessories.


Thanks Eric for your help, but I'm using Ubuntu Server and I don't have a
GUI. Unless I'm misunderstanding, I don't think I can use the advice you've
given me, although it does sound useful.
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