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Created January 16, 2021 10:56
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#!/bin/bash
# watch du output every 10s, return size in KB/MB/GB, difference in KB/MB
# (Assumes du output is in KB)
set -u
path="${1:-.}"
while du -s "$path"; do sleep 10; done |
awk '{printf "%dK\t%dM\t%dG\t+%dK\t+%dM\n", $1, $1/1024, $1/1048576, ($1-old), ($1-old)/1024 ; old = $1}'
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