du

[carl_46]

I am trying to find out the total size of serveral files in a directory.

du -sk att*

this gives me each files size instead of its total, any ideas?

[Anthony deRito]

du -s will show you the grand total of all files in the current directory. The number on the left is the number of 512 byte blocks. Multiply this number by 512 and the result will give you total size in bytes. Leave off the -u argument and you will see a breakdown of directory size contents.

Use the -x option if you do not want to go beyond filesystem boudaries.

Tony

[Rick Garland]

Use different options fo the du command.
There is an option to give individual file size as well as the size of the directories.

[curt larson]

du -sk att* | awk '{total = total + $1;} END {print total;}'