How I see the file size on shell prompt in Linux?

Asked By james yorath 20 points N/A Posted on - 08/26/2012

 

Hi,

I have got a problem at my graphical interface in Linux workstation. Now I need to  check some important file size on my computer, can anyone help me out?

 

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Answered By Britnu Salu 0 points N/A #132879

How I see the file size on shell prompt in Linux?

Hi Yorath,

This is a very easy command to see the file size in Linux PC, command name “du” it is a very important command in Linux OS, when you copy files over systems of systems, you always need to know about file size that you have free space available for that file or not. This command has powerful option also, Example is given below

To see the file size: #du -h [file name]

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