Unix command for directory and file size

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Many people use ls command to find size of file in Unix but Surprisingly ls command does not display total size of a directory including files and sub

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  • Domain - javarevisited.blogspot.com

  • Category - Linux/Basic Concepts

  • Submitted By - Javin Paul

  • Submitted on - 2012-06-23 04:13:04

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Many people use ls command to find size of file in Unix but Surprisingly ls command does not display total size of a directory including files and sub directory. In order to get full size of directory use following command.

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