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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on
From:       Mark Knecht <markknecht () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-04-20 1:09:15
Message-ID: CAK2H+edCDPXpZZy06Lrm55=AAmHhTm28wxMKAncryuXySp1OKA () mail ! gmail ! com
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> I wonder.  Is there a way to find out the smallest size file in a
directory or sub directory, largest files, then maybe a average file
size???  I thought about du but given the number of files I have here, it
would be a really HUGE list of files.  Could take hours or more too.  This
is what KDE properties shows.

I'm sure there are more accurate ways but

sudo ls -R / | wc

give you the number of lines returned from the ls command. It's not perfect
as there are blank lines in the ls but it's a start.

My desktop machine has about 2.2M files.

Again, there are going to be folks who can tell you how to remove blank
lines and other cruft but it's a start.

Only takes a minute to run on my Ryzen 9 5950X. YMMV.

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<div dir="ltr"><br>&gt; I wonder.   Is there a way to find out the smallest size file \
in a directory or sub directory, largest files, then maybe a average file size???   I \
thought about du but given the number of files I have here, it would be a really HUGE \
list of files.   Could take hours or more too.   This is what KDE properties \
shows.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>I&#39;m sure there are more accurate \
ways but  </div><div><br></div><div>sudo ls -R / | wc</div><div><br></div><div>give \
you the number of lines returned from the ls command. It&#39;s not perfect as there \
are blank lines in the ls but it&#39;s a start.</div><div><br></div><div>My desktop \
machine has about 2.2M files.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, there are going to be \
folks who can tell you how to remove blank lines and other cruft but it&#39;s a \
start.</div><div><br></div><div>Only takes a minute to run on my Ryzen 9 5950X. \
YMMV.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>



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