Folder size from command?

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Brian MXP

Howdy-

Is there any way to get the size of a single folder from the command
line? I know diruse can search/display within a tree, but I'd like to
be able to get size information for specific folder without having to
use Explorer... Maybe a third-party tool?

TIA,
BM
 
Jack Handey said:
dir "folder name"

doesn't that give this info?
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dir "folder name" | find "(s)"

might be more useful - could be refined further if we knew precisely the
details you are looking for.

batch solutions for similar problems are often discussed in
alt.msdos.batch.nt

HTH

....Bill
 
billious said:
dir "folder name" | find "(s)"

might be more useful - could be refined further if we knew precisely the
details you are looking for.

batch solutions for similar problems are often discussed in
alt.msdos.batch.nt

HTH

...Bill
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Thanks.

My bad on this one; diruse is what I need. I had been so used to
running diruse to loop through directories for specific-sized folders
that I forgot it could be used to display single (I did want sub-dirs,
too) folder sizes...

c:\temp>diruse <foldername> /m

gave me what I wanted (in Megabytes)

btw, this option:didn't

Appreciate the help!
Brian
 
Brian said:
Howdy-

Is there any way to get the size of a single folder from the command
line? I know diruse can search/display within a tree, but I'd like to
be able to get size information for specific folder without having to
use Explorer... Maybe a third-party tool?
Click to expand...
Another option is the free Folder Size shell extension, which shows the size
of both files and folders in Explorer's 'Details' view.
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
 
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