[ale] How to list directory sizes?

Matt Shade mshade at threekay.com
Wed Oct 3 13:43:22 EDT 2001


If you just want to see the sizes of all directories in a tree, try:
du
du -k  <- shows it in kilobytes
du -m  <- shows it in megabytes
du -s  <- summarizes the whole tree

type du --help to see what else you can get.

Matt


> I've looked, and can't seem to find how to do this - I know it must be
> simple...
>
> How can I get the size of the directories in an ls listing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charles
>
>
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