Getting file sizes

[Ted Roche]

Kent Johnson wrote:
> Newbie question:
> 
> How can I get the total size, in K, of all files in a directory that 
> match a pattern?
> 
> For example, I have a dir with ~5000 files, I would like to know the 
> total size of the ~1000 files matching *.txt.
> 
> On RHEL and bash, if it matters...
> Thanks,
> Kent
> _______________________________________________

To get the result in K, specify:

du -c --block-size=1024 *.txt

or your choice of what you think K means ;)

man du tells more.

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