Get directory and subdirectory size from the command line?

Hi All,

Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
straight CMD without power shell?


powershell -noprofile -command "ls -r D:\drivers | measure -s Length"

Count : 162
Average :
Sum : 2557511012
Maximum :
Minimum :
Property : Length

Is three a API call for this?

Many thanks,
-T

T wrote:

Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
straight CMD without power shell?

Use WSL and the du command?

On 2020-05-15 12:08, Andy Burns wrote:
T wrote:

Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
straight CMD without power shell?

Use WSL and the du command?

Hi Andy,

You know what, to use zef with Raku, which I
will be using, you have to install GIT and it
comes with a bunch of Linux commands, including
`du`

du -s -k c:\drivers
611909 c:\drivers

And GIT comes with `df` too;
df -kPT
Filesystem Type 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity
Mounted on

C:/Program Files/Git ntfs 41838588 28815640 13022948 69% /
E: iso9660 309208 309208 0 100% /e
F: ntfs 8188 3908 4280 48% /f
G: ntfs 10236 3908 6328 39% /g
J: smbfs 951048868 514506740 436542128 55% /j
K: smbfs 951048868 514506764 436542104 55% /k
L: smbfs 951048868 514506784 436542084 55% /l
M: ntfs 2062332 38800 2023532 2% /m


Thank you! Jogged my memory!

-T

In response to what T wrote :

du -s -k c:\drivers
611909 c:\drivers

Good suggestion, particularly since I just installed WSL last night!
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.msdos.batch/z5ac1dU0PzQ/nIlp-pCtAAAJ

To help out, here are my results, where an "attrib" may be required...
Start Run cmd{control+shift+enter}
C:\ wsl
$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
Reported:
13558812 /mnt/c/windows

This is a screenshot of that from moments ago...
https://i.postimg.cc/4N1p9tBr/wsl01.jpg

Bear in mind 'permissions' may be an issue...
$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/appcompat/Programs': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/CSC': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/LiveKernelReports': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Logs/SystemRestore': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ModemLogs': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PCHEALTH/ERRORREP/QHEADLES': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PCHEALTH/ERRORREP/QSIGNOFF': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Reports': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Rules': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Templates': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Prefetch': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Provisioning/Autopilot': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Resources/Themes/aero/VSCache': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/security/audit': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/security/cap': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ServiceProfiles/LocalService': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ServiceState': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Com/dmp': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/config': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Configuration': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/drivers/DriverData': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/DriverState': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/FxsTmp': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/ias': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/LogFiles/WMI': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/MsDtc': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/networklist': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/spool/PRINTERS': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/spool/SERVERS': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/sru': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Tasks': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/wbem/MOF': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/WDI': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Com/dmp': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/config': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Configuration': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/FxsTmp': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Msdtc': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/networklist': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/sru': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Tasks': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Temp': Permission denied
13558812 /mnt/c/windows

On 2020-05-15 13:51, Arlen Holder wrote:
In response to what T wrote :

Â*du -s -k c:\drivers
611909Â* c:\drivers

Good suggestion, particularly since I just installed WSL last night!
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.msdos.batch/z5ac1dU0PzQ/nIlp-pCtAAAJ

To help out, here are my results, where an "attrib" may be required...
Start Run cmd{control+shift+enter}
Â*C:\ wsl
Â*$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
Reported:
13558812 /mnt/c/windows

This is a screenshot of that from moments ago...
https://i.postimg.cc/4N1p9tBr/wsl01.jpg

Bear in mind 'permissions' may be an issue...
$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/appcompat/Programs':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/CSC': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/LiveKernelReports': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Logs/SystemRestore':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ModemLogs': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PCHEALTH/ERRORREP/QHEADLES':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PCHEALTH/ERRORREP/QSIGNOFF':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Reports': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Rules': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/PLA/Templates': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Prefetch': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Provisioning/Autopilot':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory
'/mnt/c/windows/Resources/Themes/aero/VSCache': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/security/audit': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/security/cap': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ServiceProfiles/LocalService':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory
'/mnt/c/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/ServiceState': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Com/dmp': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/config': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Configuration':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/drivers/DriverData':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/DriverState':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/FxsTmp': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/ias': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/LogFiles/WMI':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/MsDtc': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/networklist':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/spool/PRINTERS':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/spool/SERVERS':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/sru': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/Tasks': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/wbem/MOF': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/System32/WDI': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Com/dmp': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/config': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Configuration':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/FxsTmp': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Msdtc': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/networklist':
Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/sru': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/SysWOW64/Tasks': Permission
denied
du: cannot read directory '/mnt/c/windows/Temp': Permission denied
13558812Â*Â* /mnt/c/windows

Excellent!

I do have all that available with Git, which I have to
have to run Raku's zef

-T

Linux has all the cool tools

:-)

On Fri, 15 May 2020 11:59:41 -0700, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, T wrote:

Hi All,

Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
straight CMD without power shell?


powershell -noprofile -command "ls -r D:\drivers | measure -s Length"

Count : 162
Average :
Sum : 2557511012
Maximum :
Minimum :
Property : Length

Is three a API call for this?

Many thanks,
-T

Yeah, the Linux is a better idea. Your only other choice was "dir /s"
from wherever you want to count size. It'll appear at the end of the
listing.

You do that in a drive root and it takes forever, but it does work.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On 2020-05-15 14:40, Zaghadka wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2020 11:59:41 -0700, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, T wrote:

Hi All,

Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
straight CMD without power shell?


powershell -noprofile -command "ls -r D:\drivers | measure -s Length"

Count : 162
Average :
Sum : 2557511012
Maximum :
Minimum :
Property : Length

Is three a API call for this?

Many thanks,
-T

Yeah, the Linux is a better idea. Your only other choice was "dir /s"
from wherever you want to count size. It'll appear at the end of the
listing.

You do that in a drive root and it takes forever, but it does work.


Thank you!

In response to what T wrote :

Yeah, the Linux is a better idea. Your only other choice was "dir /s"
from wherever you want to count size. It'll appear at the end of the
listing.

You do that in a drive root and it takes forever, but it does work.


Thank you!

Doing my part to help out...

By way of comparison to my WSL du results on "C:\Windows",
here is a "dir /s" result to compare with.

c:\ dir /s C:\Windows
... lots of stuff ...
Total Files Listed:
271247 File(s) 20,534,651,243 bytes
214822 Dir(s) 858,287,794,278 bytes free

Versus:

Start Run cmd{control+shift+enter}
c:\ wsl
$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
... lots of stuff ...
13558812 /mnt/c/windows
--
One of my favorite scripted commands is "salonb", i.e.,
C:\ dir /s/a/l/on/b c:\*.* 20200510salonb.txt

On 2020-05-15 15:14, Arlen Holder wrote:
In response to what T wrote :

Yeah, the Linux is a better idea. Your only other choice was "dir /s"
from wherever you want to count size. It'll appear at the end of the
listing.

You do that in a drive root and it takes forever, but it does work.


Thank you!

Doing my part to help out...

By way of comparison to my WSL du results on "C:\Windows", here is a
"dir /s" result to compare with.

c:\ dir /s C:\Windows
Â*Â* ... lots of stuff ... Â*Â* Total Files Listed:
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 271247 File(s) 20,534,651,243 bytes
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 214822 Dir(s)Â* 858,287,794,278 bytes free

Versus:

Â*Start Run cmd{control+shift+enter}
Â*c:\ wsl
Â*$ du -s -k /mnt/c/windows
Â*Â* ... lots of stuff ...
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 13558812 /mnt/c/windows

I am using the Linux commands from the Git install

this is what I have so far:

How to get directory and sub directory size:

powershell -noprofile -command "ls -r D:\drivers | measure -s Length"

Count : 162
Average :
Sum : 2557511012
Maximum :
Minimum :
Property : Length


If you have GIT installed
du -s -k c:\drivers
611909 c:\drivers


df -kPT
Filesystem Type 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity
Mounted on

C:/Program Files/Git ntfs 41838588 28815640 13022948 69% /
E: iso9660 309208 309208 0 100% /e
F: ntfs 8188 3908 4280 48% /f
G: ntfs 10236 3908 6328 39% /g
J: smbfs 951048868 514506740 436542128 55% /j
K: smbfs 951048868 514506764 436542104 55% /k
L: smbfs 951048868 514506784 436542084 55% /l
M: ntfs 2062332 38800 2023532 2% /m

"T" wrote

|
| Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
| straight CMD without power shell?
|
I'm not sure if this is what you want, and I
know you like command line, but I have this
VBS script I keep on my desktop. I wrote it
to look for bloat. You enter a prent folder, like
C:\, and it creates a list of folder sizes, as a
TXT file, going from largest to smallest.

Just paste into Notepad and save as VBS. Watch out
for wordwrap in the posting here. At the least, the
lines that start with "sDriv =" and "s2 = " are wrapping.

'--begin vbs--------

Dim FSO, s2, TS, sDriv, APath(), ASize(), iCnt, iTotal, i2

sDriv = InputBox("Enter path of folder to list sizes of all subfolders. For
a drive enter X:\, where X is the drive letter.", "List Folder Sizes")

If Len(sDriv) 3 Then WScript.quit

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

On Error Resume Next

iTotal = 500
ReDim APath(iTotal)
ReDim ASize(iTotal)
iCnt = 0

GetFolderSizes(sDriv)

iCnt = iCnt - 1
ReDim Preserve ASize(iCnt)
ReDim Preserve APath(iCnt)

QuickSort ASize, APath, 0, 0

For i2 = iCnt to 0 step -1
s2 = s2 & APath(i2) & " -- " & CStr(ASize(i2)) & " MB" & vbCrLf
Next

s2 = "Sizes of folders in " & sDriv & vbCrLf & "(Note: Sizes are in MB. A
size of 0 indicates the size is between 0 and 1 MB.)" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & s2


Set TS = FSO.CreateTextFile("C:\Folder Sizes" & left(sDriv, 1) & ".txt",
True)
TS.Write s2
TS.Close
Set TS = Nothing

MsgBox "List for " & sDriv & " is saved to C:\Folder Sizes.txt", 64

Sub GetFolderSizes(sPath)
Dim oFol, oFols, oFol1, iSz, sList, s
On Error Resume Next

APath(iCnt) = sPath
Set oFol = FSO.GetFolder(sPath)
iSz = oFol.Size
If iSz 1024 Then iSz = iSz / 1024: Else iSz = 0
If iSz 1024 Then iSz = iSz / 1024: Else iSz = 0
iSz = CInt(iSz)
ASize(iCnt) = iSz

iCnt = iCnt + 1
If iCnt + 10 iTotal Then
iTotal = iTotal + 200
ReDim Preserve APath(iTotal)
ReDim Preserve ASize(iTotal)
End If

Set oFols = oFol.SubFolders
If oFols.count 0 Then
For Each oFol1 in oFols
GetFolderSizes(oFol1.Path)
Next
End If
Set oFols = Nothing
Set oFol = Nothing
End Sub

Sub QuickSort(AIn1, AIn2, LBeg, LEnd)
Dim LBeg2, vMid, LEnd2, vSwap1, vSwap2
On Error Resume Next
If (LEnd = 0) Then LEnd = UBound(AIn1)
LBeg2 = LBeg
LEnd2 = LEnd
vMid = AIn1((LBeg + LEnd) \ 2)
Do
Do While AIn1(LBeg2) vMid And LBeg2 LEnd
LBeg2 = LBeg2 + 1
Loop
Do While vMid AIn1(LEnd2) And LEnd2 LBeg
LEnd2 = LEnd2 - 1
Loop
If LBeg2 = LEnd2 Then
vSwap1 = AIn1(LBeg2)
vSwap2 = AIn2(LBeg2)

AIn1(LBeg2) = AIn1(LEnd2)
AIn2(LBeg2) = AIn2(LEnd2)

AIn1(LEnd2) = vSwap1
AIn2(LEnd2) = vSwap2

LBeg2 = LBeg2 + 1
LEnd2 = LEnd2 - 1
End If
Loop Until LBeg2 LEnd2
If LBeg LEnd2 Then QuickSort AIn1, AIn2, LBeg, LEnd2
If LBeg2 LEnd Then QuickSort AIn1, AIn2, LBeg2, LEnd
End Sub

'--end script ------------------

On 2020-05-15 16:44, Mayayana wrote:
"T" wrote

|
| Is there a way to get your directory/sub-directory size from
| straight CMD without power shell?
|
I'm not sure if this is what you want, and I
know you like command line, but I have this
VBS script I keep on my desktop. I wrote it
to look for bloat. You enter a prent folder, like
C:\, and it creates a list of folder sizes, as a
TXT file, going from largest to smallest.

Just paste into Notepad and save as VBS. Watch out
for wordwrap in the posting here. At the least, the
lines that start with "sDriv =" and "s2 = " are wrapping.

'--begin vbs--------

Dim FSO, s2, TS, sDriv, APath(), ASize(), iCnt, iTotal, i2

sDriv = InputBox("Enter path of folder to list sizes of all subfolders. For
a drive enter X:\, where X is the drive letter.", "List Folder Sizes")

If Len(sDriv) 3 Then WScript.quit

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

On Error Resume Next

iTotal = 500
ReDim APath(iTotal)
ReDim ASize(iTotal)
iCnt = 0

GetFolderSizes(sDriv)

iCnt = iCnt - 1
ReDim Preserve ASize(iCnt)
ReDim Preserve APath(iCnt)

QuickSort ASize, APath, 0, 0

For i2 = iCnt to 0 step -1
s2 = s2 & APath(i2) & " -- " & CStr(ASize(i2)) & " MB" & vbCrLf
Next

s2 = "Sizes of folders in " & sDriv & vbCrLf & "(Note: Sizes are in MB. A
size of 0 indicates the size is between 0 and 1 MB.)" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & s2


Set TS = FSO.CreateTextFile("C:\Folder Sizes" & left(sDriv, 1) & ".txt",
True)
TS.Write s2
TS.Close
Set TS = Nothing

MsgBox "List for " & sDriv & " is saved to C:\Folder Sizes.txt", 64

Sub GetFolderSizes(sPath)
Dim oFol, oFols, oFol1, iSz, sList, s
On Error Resume Next

APath(iCnt) = sPath
Set oFol = FSO.GetFolder(sPath)
iSz = oFol.Size
If iSz 1024 Then iSz = iSz / 1024: Else iSz = 0
If iSz 1024 Then iSz = iSz / 1024: Else iSz = 0
iSz = CInt(iSz)
ASize(iCnt) = iSz

iCnt = iCnt + 1
If iCnt + 10 iTotal Then
iTotal = iTotal + 200
ReDim Preserve APath(iTotal)
ReDim Preserve ASize(iTotal)
End If

Set oFols = oFol.SubFolders
If oFols.count 0 Then
For Each oFol1 in oFols
GetFolderSizes(oFol1.Path)
Next
End If
Set oFols = Nothing
Set oFol = Nothing
End Sub

Sub QuickSort(AIn1, AIn2, LBeg, LEnd)
Dim LBeg2, vMid, LEnd2, vSwap1, vSwap2
On Error Resume Next
If (LEnd = 0) Then LEnd = UBound(AIn1)
LBeg2 = LBeg
LEnd2 = LEnd
vMid = AIn1((LBeg + LEnd) \ 2)
Do
Do While AIn1(LBeg2) vMid And LBeg2 LEnd
LBeg2 = LBeg2 + 1
Loop
Do While vMid AIn1(LEnd2) And LEnd2 LBeg
LEnd2 = LEnd2 - 1
Loop
If LBeg2 = LEnd2 Then
vSwap1 = AIn1(LBeg2)
vSwap2 = AIn2(LBeg2)

AIn1(LBeg2) = AIn1(LEnd2)
AIn2(LBeg2) = AIn2(LEnd2)

AIn1(LEnd2) = vSwap1
AIn2(LEnd2) = vSwap2

LBeg2 = LBeg2 + 1
LEnd2 = LEnd2 - 1
End If
Loop Until LBeg2 LEnd2
If LBeg LEnd2 Then QuickSort AIn1, AIn2, LBeg, LEnd2
If LBeg2 LEnd Then QuickSort AIn1, AIn2, LBeg2, LEnd
End Sub

'--end script ------------------




Interesting. Thank you!

Arlen Holder schreef:

One of my favorite scripted commands is "salonb", i.e., C:\ dir /s/a/l/on/b c:\*.* 20200510salonb.txt

In cmd it messes up non-ascii characters in file names.
The powershell handles it correctly.

--
Alex.

On 2020-05-17 12:31 p.m., Alex Plantema wrote:
Arlen Holder schreef:

One of my favorite scripted commands is "salonb", i.e., C:\ dir /s/a/l/on/b c:\*.* 20200510salonb.txt

In cmd it messes up non-ascii characters in file names.
The powershell handles it correctly.


I've got a Unix command line on my system:

"du -d 1 -h directory"

Change "1" to whatever level of depth you'd like for the information.

:-)

On 2020-05-18 22:06, Alan Baker wrote:
On 2020-05-17 12:31 p.m., Alex Plantema wrote:
Arlen Holder schreef:

One of my favorite scripted commands is "salonb", i.e., C:\ dir
/s/a/l/on/b c:\*.* 20200510salonb.txt

In cmd it messes up non-ascii characters in file names.
The powershell handles it correctly.


I've got a Unix command line on my system:

"du -d 1 -h directory"

Change "1" to whatever level of depth you'd like for the information.

:-)

I got that command when I installed Git to support Raku.
The command line got a lot easier

:-)