{"id":9326,"date":"2024-03-14T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-multiple-file-sizes-be-calculated-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:14:13","slug":"how-can-multiple-file-sizes-be-calculated-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-multiple-file-sizes-be-calculated-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How can multiple file sizes be calculated in Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several commonly used methods for using the du command to calculate the total size of multiple files or directories.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Calculate the total size of all files and subdirectories in the current directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    du -sh *\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Calculate the total size of all files and subdirectories in the specified directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      du -sh \/path\/to\/directory\/*\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        \n
      1. Calculate the total size of multiple files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        du -ch file1 file2 file3\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. Calculate the total size of all files and subdirectories in the current directory and sort them by size.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          du -sh * | sort -h\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          Please note that the option “-h” in the above commands indicates displaying file sizes in a human-readable format, “-s” indicates displaying only the total size, and “-c” indicates displaying the total size along with the size of each file separately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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