cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/13814482
I just noticed that
eza
can now display total disk space used by directories!I think this is pretty cool. I wanted it for a long time.
There are other ways to get the information of course. But having it integrated with all the other options for listing directories is fab.
eza
has features like--git
-awareness,--tree
display, clickable--hyperlink
, filetype--icons
and other display, permissions, dates, ownerships, and other stuff. being able to mash everything together in any arbitrary way which is useful is handy. And of course you can--sort=size
docs:
--total-size show the size of a directory as the size of all files and directories inside (unix only)
It also (optionally) color codes the information. Values measures in kb, mb, and gb are clear. Here is a screenshot to show that:
eza --long -h --total-size --sort=oldest --no-permissions --no-user
Of course it take a little while to load large directories so you will not want to use by default.
Looks like it was first implemented Oct 2023 with some fixes since then. (Changelog). PR #533 - feat: added recursive directory parser with `–total-size` flag by Xemptuous
BTW I actually did a bug report. :-) -> https://github.com/eza-community/eza/issues/923
So nothing wasted. Without your post I would not be curious to test this and who knows, maybe it gets fixed or an option to handle it.
Nice! I’m sure they will appreciate your thorough report.
I wonder if they also plan to make an option about crossing filesystem boundaries. I have seen it commonly in this sort of use case.
Maybe all this complexity this is the reason why total dir size has not previously been integrated into this kind of tool. (Notable exception:
lsd
if you are interested.) I really hope the development persists though because being able to easily manipulate so many different kinds of information about the filesystem without spending hours/days/weeks/years creating bespoke shell scripts is super handy.