du:ai:a7dc2
get size of directory in kilobytes
$ du -s ${directory-name} | cut -f1
try on your machine
This command will retrieve the size of the directory in kilobytes by using the 'du' command to calculate disk usage, and then extracting the size value using 'cut'.
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