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From: epames@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
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Subject: Re: directory/subdirectory sizes
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Date: 19 Nov 90 11:13:33 GMT
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In article <27001.2746f714@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>I would like to have some way of listing the sizes of directories,
>subdirectories, and grand totals for the directory and subdirectories,
>while not listing the individual files within same.  Oh, this is for
>a UNIX system by the way (Silicon Graphics).  
>
>Thanks for whatever help you can give.  Apologies if there is already
>some way to do this in UNIX, but I've made a real effort to find it and can't.
>(Why is it that the docs are written to be understandable only if you're 
>already an expert ... ? )

du is, I think, exactly what you want. I found it with man -k using disk
directory and file. man -k is very useful and so is the kwic list.

Michael Salmon
L.M.Ericsson
Stockholm