Re: ls -l question
From: Lew Pitcher (Lew.Pitcher_at_td.com)
Date: 03/24/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:27:59 -0500
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samuels@blue.seas.upenn.edu wrote:
> hi,
> what exactly does the first line of an "ls -l" command mean (the first
line reads "total " then some number)?
> thanks in advance
> -maurice
> samuels@seas.upenn.edu
Well, the manpage that comes with Linux (documenting the GNU fileutils
version of ls) says...
When the -l option is given, each list is preceded by a summary
line giving the total size of all files in the list, measured in
semi-kilobytes (512 B).
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Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Application Architecture
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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