GNU bug report logs - #20936
sort: add summary line option

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20936: suggestion for a 'wart-ish' extension off of 'sort'
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:10:54 +0100

2015-06-30 13:05:38 -0400, Assaf Gordon:
[...]
> One more thing: instead of 'du -s *', perhaps 'du -d1' would
> work better (depending on your needs), as it will print sizes
> used only by directories.

Yes, and it will also include hidden files/dirs and won't have
problems with filenames starting with -. Add -a if you also want
non-directory files.

-- 
Stephane
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