how much space are my .isos taking up?

[Dave Stevens]

I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?

tia

Dave

[Gene Heskett]

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?
tia
Dave

Try something like this:

#> ls -l `locate *.iso`

Note that those are backticks, below the tilde on a US keyboard. They
contain the response from locate, backfeeding to the ls -l.

And that if you also want a total file count, append a "|wc -l" to the
above command line, without the dbl-quotes of course. :)
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[First Name Last Name]

Go to edit and find Preferences in the drop down menu.
Click on Preferences.
Find the tab for List Columns.
Check mark Size.
Close out the sub-menu.
You should now see the size of every file listed under the icon or by the
listing for that file.

- - - - -

- "Authority that can not be questioned is tyranny" - Sir Terry Pratchett

- *Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.* Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Post by Gene Heskett

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?
tia
Dave

#> ls -l `locate *.iso`
Note that those are backticks, below the tilde on a US keyboard. They
contain the response from locate, backfeeding to the ls -l.
And that if you also want a total file count, append a "|wc -l" to the
above command line, without the dbl-quotes of course. :)
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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[Dave Stevens]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:49:47 -0700

Post by First Name Last Name
Go to edit and find Preferences in the drop down menu.
Click on Preferences.
Find the tab for List Columns.
Check mark Size.
Close out the sub-menu.
You should now see the size of every file listed under the icon or by
the listing for that file.
- - - - -

got it now, thanks for all answers!

D

Post by First Name Last Name
- "Authority that can not be questioned is tyranny" - Sir Terry Pratchett
- *Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.* Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Post by Gene Heskett

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in
the list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file
sizes?
tia
Dave

#> ls -l `locate *.iso`
Note that those are backticks, below the tilde on a US keyboard.
They contain the response from locate, backfeeding to the ls -l.
And that if you also want a total file count, append a "|wc -l" to
the above command line, without the dbl-quotes of course. :)
--
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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simplistic questions.

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[Colin Watson]

Post by Gene Heskett

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?

#> ls -l `locate *.iso`
Note that those are backticks, below the tilde on a US keyboard. They
contain the response from locate, backfeeding to the ls -l.

More robust against file names containing spaces:

locate -0 .iso | xargs -0 ls -ld

[Robert Heller]

Post by Colin Watson

Post by Gene Heskett

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?

#> ls -l `locate *.iso`
Note that those are backticks, below the tilde on a US keyboard. They
contain the response from locate, backfeeding to the ls -l.

locate -0 .iso | xargs -0 ls -ld

+1

also, additional pipeline elements (awk, bc, etc.) can be used to produce a
total, if that is desired.
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[Robert Heller]

Post by Dave Stevens
I was surprised when I ran "locate .iso" to see twenty or so in the
list. Does anyone know a handy way to get a listing with file sizes?

locate .iso | xargs ls -lh

Post by Dave Stevens
tia
Dave

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