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Author: Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
CC: Phil Waclawski
Subject: Re: Directory size
Congrats! We constantly have to learn and look things up,ask for help, and
l am glad you're enjoying the process.

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 15:06 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> wrote:

> I tell ya; I am so excited.
> I was going to write a message to ya' all asking how to tell the a
> directories size. Then my mind starte t a-whirl. I thought:
>
> free
> No..... That's a memory thing. Then I thought:
>
> df
> Maybe. It shows the size of the disk. Let's throw a directory onto
> thend of it....
> df -h ./Documents
> No. Same output.
>
> Then I thought:
>
> du
> the out put turns into a list of files.
> Maybe let's throw a directory onto the end.
> du -h ./Documents
> Hot digity dog! That was it. And I didn't need to bug you guys!
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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