Using BASH, how would one use "du -ch" to output only the total collective size?

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I'm trying to run du -ch on multiple directories, but I only apart it only shows the total size of all files (I don't want each individual file, then the total at the end which is what -cdoes).

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 18:10

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To resolve this issue, run the following command as parameter passing directories.

du -hs

answered Feb 02 '16 at 18:10

Roknauta

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 18:10

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Some ideas:

$ du -sh .
$ du -chs *
$ du -chs * | tail -1

answered Feb 02 '16 at 18:10

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Using BASH, how would one use "du -ch" to output only the total collective size?

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