Wait… before I try to copy this directory recursively, how big is it?
du -sk /path/to/directory
-s : Display only a total for each argument
-k : Display size in KB
Oh dear. I’m going to need a bigger disk.
Archive for the ‘Bash’ Category
Unix/Linux Find Size of Files in a Directory
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Unix/Linux: Follow That File
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009In Linux/Unix command line you can follow a file with tail -f [filename]. As the file is updated, the screen will update. This is handy for following error logs, etc.
I just learned from a co-worker that the ‘less’ command can do the same thing if you hit shift-F while viewing a file. Apparently less does a lot more than I thought! I think point and click interface is making me soft, I need to ‘man’ up and RTFM on some command line goodies.
$man less
Linux Find Text In Files With Find
Monday, December 22nd, 2008find . -exec grep -q "searchthisstring" '{}' \; -print
This command will search for files and directories in the current directory and run grep on each one. All files that contain the string will print to standard output.