Get Folder Size from Windows Command Line

Question

Is it possible in Windows to get a folder\'s size from the command line without using any 3rd party tool?

I want the same result as you would get when right clicking

Answer 1

I got du.exe with my git distribution. Another place might be aforementioned Microsoft or Unxutils.

Once you got du.exe in your path. Here's your fileSizes.bat :-)

@echo ___________
@echo DIRECTORIES
@for /D %%i in (*) do @CALL du.exe -hs "%%i"
@echo _____
@echo FILES
@for %%i in (*) do @CALL du.exe -hs "%%i"
@echo _____
@echo TOTAL
@du.exe -sh "%CD%"

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___________
DIRECTORIES
37M     Alps-images
12M     testfolder
_____
FILES
765K    Dobbiaco.jpg
1.0K    testfile.txt
_____
TOTAL
58M    D:\pictures\sample