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Re: directory size?



> Mike Egglestone wrote:
> 
> Hi ...
> I've been using debian for over a year now and I still don't know this
> one.....
> 
> How do you find how big a directory is?
> 
> I know "ls -l" is used quite often... but it doesn't tell me the size
> of the directory...
> Anyone help me on this one?

i use du ..

du -s -h 

is what i like the best..works on debian..see the manpage for du

nate

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