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Created January 16, 2014 00:43
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Allows you to grab the total size of the current working directory in bytes. Could be used as standalone script or within PS1.
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totalsize.sh
for filesize in $(ls -l . | grep "^-" | awk '{print $5}')
do
let totalsize=$totalsize+$filesize
done
printf "Total Size: $(tput bold)%s$(tput sgr0)\n" "$totalsize"
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