Re: dir command

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 07/15/07 09:50, Manon Metten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a bash command available that shows the contents of the given dir
> recursively, telling me how many files are in there and the byte size
> occupied?
>
> On my old Amiga I have Sizer. It does something like this:
>
> :> Sizer FOX:1960
>
> sizing quietly...
>
> FOX:1960...
>
> Total number of files                              191
> Total number of directories                      27
> Total number of bytes in files   1050447114
> Total number of blocks used          2051969
>
> Total occupied:                         1050608128
> Bytes:                                          1025984K
>
>
> Is there a command for Debian that does something similar?
> I'm especially interested in the number of files.
>
> I know du, but that doesn't tell me how many files/dirs there are inside a
> given path.

This is what I wrote to solve a similar problem:

http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/pydir

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