Getting size with du of files only
How can I get the size of all files and all files in its subdirectories using the du command.
I am trying the following command to get the size of all files (and files in subdirectories)
find . -type f | du -a
But this prints out the folder sizes as well. How can I get a listing of sizes of all files and files in subdirectories? I also tried the exec flag
but I am not sure how to pipe the output into another command after it executes the results of find
into du
.
The operating system is AIX 6.1 with ksh shell.
files find disk-usage aix ksh
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How can I get the size of all files and all files in its subdirectories using the du command.
I am trying the following command to get the size of all files (and files in subdirectories)
find . -type f | du -a
But this prints out the folder sizes as well. How can I get a listing of sizes of all files and files in subdirectories? I also tried the exec flag
but I am not sure how to pipe the output into another command after it executes the results of find
into du
.
The operating system is AIX 6.1 with ksh shell.
files find disk-usage aix ksh
add a comment |
How can I get the size of all files and all files in its subdirectories using the du command.
I am trying the following command to get the size of all files (and files in subdirectories)
find . -type f | du -a
But this prints out the folder sizes as well. How can I get a listing of sizes of all files and files in subdirectories? I also tried the exec flag
but I am not sure how to pipe the output into another command after it executes the results of find
into du
.
The operating system is AIX 6.1 with ksh shell.
files find disk-usage aix ksh
How can I get the size of all files and all files in its subdirectories using the du command.
I am trying the following command to get the size of all files (and files in subdirectories)
find . -type f | du -a
But this prints out the folder sizes as well. How can I get a listing of sizes of all files and files in subdirectories? I also tried the exec flag
but I am not sure how to pipe the output into another command after it executes the results of find
into du
.
The operating system is AIX 6.1 with ksh shell.
files find disk-usage aix ksh
files find disk-usage aix ksh
edited Dec 16 at 4:16
Rui F Ribeiro
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I usually use the -exec
utility. Like this:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} +
I tried it both on bash and ksh with GNU find. I never tried AIX, but I'm sure your version of find has some -exec
syntax.
The following snippet sorts the list, largest first:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} + | sort -n -r | less
3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access tofind -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing;
with+
will result in fewer invocations ofdu
and thus better performance.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the+
option. Is that an option fordu
or forfind
? And why does it result in less calls?
– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
It's a standard option offind
. It specifies toexec
the command (in our casedu
) only once, with all the results offind
given as successive arguments to the command.
– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
|
show 2 more comments
If you have GNU utilities, try
find . -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=-
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work becauseman du
doesn't list afiles
orfrom
flag.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works withdu -ch
to get a grand total of matching files:find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
add a comment |
I generally use:
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 du -a
Xargs usually calls the command, even if there are no arguments passed; xargs du </dev/null
will still be called, xargs -r du </dev/null
will not call du. The -0
argument looks for null-terminated strings instead of newline terminated.
Then I usually add | awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
on the end to get the total.
2
Thethen I usually add
is worth of gold :-)
– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
add a comment |
Here's a version with long parameter names and human sorting.
find . -type f -exec du --human {} + | sort --human --reverse | head
I also saw no need for -a/--all
to be passed to du
.
add a comment |
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I usually use the -exec
utility. Like this:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} +
I tried it both on bash and ksh with GNU find. I never tried AIX, but I'm sure your version of find has some -exec
syntax.
The following snippet sorts the list, largest first:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} + | sort -n -r | less
3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access tofind -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing;
with+
will result in fewer invocations ofdu
and thus better performance.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the+
option. Is that an option fordu
or forfind
? And why does it result in less calls?
– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
It's a standard option offind
. It specifies toexec
the command (in our casedu
) only once, with all the results offind
given as successive arguments to the command.
– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
|
show 2 more comments
I usually use the -exec
utility. Like this:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} +
I tried it both on bash and ksh with GNU find. I never tried AIX, but I'm sure your version of find has some -exec
syntax.
The following snippet sorts the list, largest first:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} + | sort -n -r | less
3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access tofind -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing;
with+
will result in fewer invocations ofdu
and thus better performance.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the+
option. Is that an option fordu
or forfind
? And why does it result in less calls?
– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
It's a standard option offind
. It specifies toexec
the command (in our casedu
) only once, with all the results offind
given as successive arguments to the command.
– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
|
show 2 more comments
I usually use the -exec
utility. Like this:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} +
I tried it both on bash and ksh with GNU find. I never tried AIX, but I'm sure your version of find has some -exec
syntax.
The following snippet sorts the list, largest first:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} + | sort -n -r | less
I usually use the -exec
utility. Like this:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} +
I tried it both on bash and ksh with GNU find. I never tried AIX, but I'm sure your version of find has some -exec
syntax.
The following snippet sorts the list, largest first:
find . -type f -exec du -a {} + | sort -n -r | less
edited Apr 2 '13 at 22:57
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answered Oct 11 '11 at 21:52
rahmu
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3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access tofind -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing;
with+
will result in fewer invocations ofdu
and thus better performance.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the+
option. Is that an option fordu
or forfind
? And why does it result in less calls?
– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
It's a standard option offind
. It specifies toexec
the command (in our casedu
) only once, with all the results offind
given as successive arguments to the command.
– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
|
show 2 more comments
3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access tofind -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing;
with+
will result in fewer invocations ofdu
and thus better performance.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the+
option. Is that an option fordu
or forfind
? And why does it result in less calls?
– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
It's a standard option offind
. It specifies toexec
the command (in our casedu
) only once, with all the results offind
given as successive arguments to the command.
– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
3
3
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access to
find -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing ;
with +
will result in fewer invocations of du
and thus better performance.– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
I'd go with this answer if you don't have access to
find -print0
or other GNU features. If available, replacing ;
with +
will result in fewer invocations of du
and thus better performance.– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 22:02
1
1
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Updated. Thanks for the tip ^^
– rahmu
Oct 11 '11 at 22:05
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
Thanks, this works out great especially since du offers a flag for size in different units.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 12 '11 at 12:59
I could not find information on the
+
option. Is that an option for du
or for find
? And why does it result in less calls?– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
I could not find information on the
+
option. Is that an option for du
or for find
? And why does it result in less calls?– Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Jul 19 '13 at 22:41
1
1
It's a standard option of
find
. It specifies to exec
the command (in our case du
) only once, with all the results of find
given as successive arguments to the command.– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
It's a standard option of
find
. It specifies to exec
the command (in our case du
) only once, with all the results of find
given as successive arguments to the command.– rahmu
Jul 20 '13 at 2:25
|
show 2 more comments
If you have GNU utilities, try
find . -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=-
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work becauseman du
doesn't list afiles
orfrom
flag.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works withdu -ch
to get a grand total of matching files:find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
add a comment |
If you have GNU utilities, try
find . -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=-
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work becauseman du
doesn't list afiles
orfrom
flag.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works withdu -ch
to get a grand total of matching files:find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
add a comment |
If you have GNU utilities, try
find . -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=-
If you have GNU utilities, try
find . -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=-
edited Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
answered Oct 11 '11 at 19:43
jw013
35.9k699125
35.9k699125
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work becauseman du
doesn't list afiles
orfrom
flag.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works withdu -ch
to get a grand total of matching files:find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
add a comment |
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work becauseman du
doesn't list afiles
orfrom
flag.
– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works withdu -ch
to get a grand total of matching files:find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work because
man du
doesn't list a files
or from
flag.– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
The command is failing saying print0 is not a valid command and that last minus was not a recognized flag. I don't think this approach will work because
man du
doesn't list a files
or from
flag.– Shardul Upadhyay
Oct 11 '11 at 20:00
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
You should add your operating system as a tag to the question. I assumed you had GNU but forgot to mention that.
– jw013
Oct 11 '11 at 20:04
1
1
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works with
du -ch
to get a grand total of matching files: find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
Have an upvote on me! Your particular solution works with
du -ch
to get a grand total of matching files: find . -name 'blah blah.*' -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch
– Michael Goldshteyn
Jul 15 at 14:05
add a comment |
I generally use:
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 du -a
Xargs usually calls the command, even if there are no arguments passed; xargs du </dev/null
will still be called, xargs -r du </dev/null
will not call du. The -0
argument looks for null-terminated strings instead of newline terminated.
Then I usually add | awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
on the end to get the total.
2
Thethen I usually add
is worth of gold :-)
– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
add a comment |
I generally use:
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 du -a
Xargs usually calls the command, even if there are no arguments passed; xargs du </dev/null
will still be called, xargs -r du </dev/null
will not call du. The -0
argument looks for null-terminated strings instead of newline terminated.
Then I usually add | awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
on the end to get the total.
2
Thethen I usually add
is worth of gold :-)
– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
add a comment |
I generally use:
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 du -a
Xargs usually calls the command, even if there are no arguments passed; xargs du </dev/null
will still be called, xargs -r du </dev/null
will not call du. The -0
argument looks for null-terminated strings instead of newline terminated.
Then I usually add | awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
on the end to get the total.
I generally use:
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 du -a
Xargs usually calls the command, even if there are no arguments passed; xargs du </dev/null
will still be called, xargs -r du </dev/null
will not call du. The -0
argument looks for null-terminated strings instead of newline terminated.
Then I usually add | awk '{sum+=$1} END {print sum}'
on the end to get the total.
answered Oct 11 '11 at 20:08
Arcege
16.9k44157
16.9k44157
2
Thethen I usually add
is worth of gold :-)
– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
add a comment |
2
Thethen I usually add
is worth of gold :-)
– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
2
2
The
then I usually add
is worth of gold :-)– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
The
then I usually add
is worth of gold :-)– Radek
Oct 2 '12 at 0:56
add a comment |
Here's a version with long parameter names and human sorting.
find . -type f -exec du --human {} + | sort --human --reverse | head
I also saw no need for -a/--all
to be passed to du
.
add a comment |
Here's a version with long parameter names and human sorting.
find . -type f -exec du --human {} + | sort --human --reverse | head
I also saw no need for -a/--all
to be passed to du
.
add a comment |
Here's a version with long parameter names and human sorting.
find . -type f -exec du --human {} + | sort --human --reverse | head
I also saw no need for -a/--all
to be passed to du
.
Here's a version with long parameter names and human sorting.
find . -type f -exec du --human {} + | sort --human --reverse | head
I also saw no need for -a/--all
to be passed to du
.
answered Dec 7 '15 at 10:00
Tarrasch
1664
1664
add a comment |
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