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I have a folder with 40 GB of dozens of directories and stuff, and I want to see the exact size of the root folder in bytes ..

I have tried using this, but it shows the size in kilobytes:

du -s foldername

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answered 2 Years ago inciplyies · Accepted Answer

Use the -B1 parameter to du:

du -s -B1 foldername

$ man 1 du

 -B, --block-size=SIZE

          use SIZE-byte blocks

You could also try the --apparent-size flag