Re: file size utility

[Kyle Schneider <kwschnei@xxxxxxx>]

> I know how to use "find" to get a list of files I want, but now I need 
> to get the total size of all those files. Do I need to write a script or 
> is there a command to do this in Linux? Again, I need to sum the total 
> size of all the files matching a certain pattern (like *.png) 
> recursively below some directory.

If you want a GUI, you can try out one of these:

http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/ (Java)
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9887 (KDE libs required)

You should be able to look at a filetype view in them.
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Kyle Schneider
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