du -h /src | less

as to the rest of your question man du

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Dayley [mailto:adayley@adtron.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:13 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Display size of directory tree?
> 
> 
> 
> I am pretty sure this has been discussed before but I can't 
> find it in the
> archives.
> 
> How do I display the size of a directory tree?  For example, 
> if I want to
> know the size of all the files in the /src tree, what command 
> do I issue?
> 
> How about the size of only the files and not subdirectories 
> of the /src
> directory?
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
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