https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441662#M7678 could try ll -d <DIRECTORYNAME> or use additional command line options as detailed under man ll ?</DIRECTORYNAME> Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:46:00 GMT Alex Glennie 2000-08-31T09:46:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441660#M7676 Need to know the command to list the total file size of a directory for planning of backup. Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:41:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441660#M7676 Goh Cheng Chuan 2000-08-31T09:41:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441661#M7677 Hi,<BR />With "du -sk" you can see the total size of directory tree in Kbytes.<BR />Regards Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:44:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441661#M7677 Manuel Plaza 2000-08-31T09:44:59Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441662#M7678 could try ll -d <DIRECTORYNAME> or use additional command line options as detailed under man ll ?</DIRECTORYNAME> Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:46:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441662#M7678 Alex Glennie 2000-08-31T09:46:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441663#M7679 Yep<BR />du -ks is what you need, and if you wish to du all directories from a point:<BR />du -sk $(ll|grep "^d"|cut -c58-90)<BR /><BR />all the best Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:10:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/unix-command/m-p/2441663#M7679 Victor BERRIDGE 2000-08-31T10:10:11Z