Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 03:51:44 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paging Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20080105035144.28a1009e@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20080104183556.GC19087@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <179863EA8C3D6945412CA598@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <477E6A7B.3070207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4133784D8828510FCCC00532@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20080104183556.GC19087@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:35:56 -0500 Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > I may be missing what you want, but I try CDing to the directory > and then doing the du -hs * eg > cd /tmp > du -hs * > > It seems to get it when naming the directory doesn't. Personally I tend to use "du -hd1" rather than "du -hs *" "*" relies on shell expansion, so ignores top-level hidden directories, and can show a lot of unwanted clutter from top-level files.
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