file size counts??

thepurple · December 30, 2007, 3:46am

Hello experts,

I do -

$ ls -lhtr logs2007*

Is it possible that i can get the results of-

totals size in MB/KB for ALL "logs2007*"

note: in the same directory I have "logs2006*" & "logs2007*" files.

ghostdog74 · December 30, 2007, 4:18am

# du -sk 2007* | awk '{t+=$1} END{ print t}'

Use the search function next time.

thepurple · December 30, 2007, 4:39am

could u clarify what do u mean by above??

ghostdog74 · December 30, 2007, 4:54am

there's a search function in this forum. Use that to search for what you want. counting file sizes has been posted and answered many times.

thepurple · December 30, 2007, 5:00am

I will...Many thanks buddy. Just to know- can u tell me how the above code works?