What does "total 272" mean in the "ll" output?

[Stuart Abramson_2]

# ll

total 272 <== This line here ... ??

-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 686 Jan 16 13:50 UpBcvScripts.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 831 Feb 13 13:29 add_establish.ksh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 593 Jan 16 13:45 all_mount.ksh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 632 Jan 16 13:45 all_unmount.ksh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 1978 Jan 16 13:45 bcv_full_establish.ksh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 238 Jan 16 13:45 bkx_mount.ksh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 246 Jan 16 13:45 bkx_unmount.ksh

[curt larson_1 · Accepted solution]

isn't it the total number of blocks in the directory. look at ls -ls

[Hai Nguyen_1]

That number means the total number of blocks in the directory. Man ll for more info.

Hai

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Stuart,

do an du -s in the same dir, think it is refering to the amount of diskuse.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Ganesh Babu]

it is total number of blocks used in there..

Ganesh