Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:38:45 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: arden <arden@nildram.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: properties of a file Message-ID: <20040516223845.GA48739@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1084744272.4077.2.camel@localhost> References: <1084744272.4077.2.camel@localhost>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:51:13PM +0100, arden wrote: > just a quick question=20 >=20 > i know df will tell me the properties of the partition im in, but how do > i find out how big a signal file is ? ITYM 'single file': % ls -l filename Where the 5th field in the output is the file size in bytes. But there are very many other ways to get that information: % wc -c filename % stat -f %z filename etc. etc. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAp+11iD657aJF7eIRAhXpAJ9oAfFaLU6SNQMjN52UgoU0vn6tTgCfSOyz 98+5c/FWGxm8ubUUt4D4zsg= =WVeJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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