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average_filesize.sh
# To calculate the average file size within a directory:
ls -l | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print sum/n;}'
# If you'd like to know the average size of some particular kind of file:
ls -l *.jpg | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print sum/n;}'
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