how to make find command show size of files also

[Brittany Snow]

I am learning Linux on **broken link removed**, there is a question, how can I make find command to show size of files also? Do I need to use -exec ls -l or xargs etc?

 

[vinodstanur]

for every command there will be a help option....

try
find --help
and read the usage

there you can see all options related to the find command

 

[yadavvlsi]

Use du -sh & df -h .

 

[srizbf]

you have to use the -exec ls option.
but to apply to the found file only.

for example if you want to find *.txt

give

find . -name "*.txt" -exec ls -l {} \;

the . operator should be changed to your reqd directory.

 

[Brittany Snow]

for every command there will be a help option....

try
find --help
and read the usage

there you can see all options related to the find command

Help is too large for me to read.

---------- Post added at 14:39 ---------- Previous post was at 14:37 ----------

you have to use the -exec ls option.
but to apply to the found file only.

for example if you want to find *.txt

give

find . -name "*.txt" -exec ls -l {} \;

the . operator should be changed to your reqd directory.

Sorry but I can't find the size of the files. Do you have other command about it? Thanks.

 

[bjuric]

find . -name "*.txt" -exec ls -l {} \;

the . operator should be changed to your reqd directory.
Sorry but I can't find the size of the files. Do you have other command about it? Thanks.

The size is displayed in bytes. Use -h switch in ls to show human readable format. Like ls -lh

find . -name "*.txt" -exec ls -lh {} \;


About -exec and xargs... look at it this way...
-exec will perform given command on every found object separately
xargs gets all results as one big chunk (like a txt file, only from RAM)

 

[RetroTechie]

Help is too large for me to read.

Try: "find --help | less" (or use Shift+PgUp/PgDn to page back & forth through text in a terminal). Other options:

man find
info find

 

[Brittany Snow]

Try: "find --help | less" (or use Shift+PgUp/PgDn to page back & forth through text in a terminal). Other options:

man find
info find

Yes , thank you very much.

---------- Post added at 15:13 ---------- Previous post was at 15:12 ----------

The size is displayed in bytes. Use -h switch in ls to show human readable format. Like ls -lh

find . -name "*.txt" -exec ls -lh {} \;


About -exec and xargs... look at it this way...
-exec will perform given command on every found object separately
xargs gets all results as one big chunk (like a txt file, only from RAM)

This is the quick fix and it help very much. Thanks very much