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Subject: Re: Folder size and number of files
From: Fritz Wuehler
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db <dieterhansbr...@gmail.com> [d]:
d> Is there a command that gives me the size of a given folder, and
d> the number of files in it?

No, but you can always define your own:

dir_size_and_number_of_files(){
# collect the output of du/find
set $(
du -sh "${1:-.}"; find "${1:-.}" -type f | wc -l
)
# and print it nicely
echo -e "$2\t$1\t$3"
}

And then use it with or without a directory argument:

dir_size_and_number_of_files /home/user123
/home/user123 2.7M 263

# when run with no arguments, it will check the current directory
dir_size_and_number_of_files
.. 324k 19

Subject: Re: Folder size and number of files
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:44:01 +0200, Fritz Wuehler wrote:

> ... find "${1:-.}" -type f | wc -l ...

This counts the total number of files in all descendant subdirectories as
well. Might or might not be what you want.

You will not be elected to public office this year.

comp / comp.os.linux.misc / Re: Folder size and number of files

Subject	Author
Re: Folder size and number of files	Fritz Wuehler
Re: Folder size and number of files	Lawrence D'Oliveiro