total size of group of files selected with 'find'

Question

For instance, I have a large filesystem that is filling up faster than I expected. So I look for what\'s being added:

find /rapidly_shrinking_drive/ -type f          


        

Answer 1

Recently i faced the same(almost) problem and i came up with this solution.

find $path -type f -printf '%s '

It'll show files sizes in bytes, from man find:

-printf format
    True; print format on the standard output, interpreting `\' escapes and `%' directives.  Field widths and precisions can be spec‐
    ified as with the `printf' C function.  Please note that many of the fields are printed as %s rather than %d, and this  may  mean
    that  flags  don't  work as you might expect.  This also means that the `-' flag does work (it forces fields to be left-aligned).
    Unlike -print, -printf does not add a newline at the end of the string.
    ...
    %s  File's size in bytes.
    ...

And to get a total i used this:

echo $[ $(find $path -type f -printf %s+)0] #b
echo $[($(find $path -type f -printf %s+)0)/1024] #Kb
echo $[($(find $path -type f -printf %s+)0)/1024/1024] #Mb
echo $[($(find $path -type f -printf %s+)0)/1024/1024/1024] #Gb