Add flag --total-size, to display the total size of directories

[sklages]

Would be a "nice-to-have":

This is what it looks like now:

drwxrwxr-x@       - user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:22  cr-count_hg38_Sample415
drwxrwxr-x@       - user1 user1 2020-08-09 17:19  cr-count_hg38_Sample416
drwxrwxr-x@       - user1 user1 2020-08-09 17:54  cr-count_hg38_Sample417
drwxrwxr-x@       - user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:39  cr-count_hg38_Sample418
drwxrwxr-x@       - user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:08  cr-count_hg38_Sample419

This is sometimes helpful (instead of using du):

drwxrwxr-x@ 22.4 GB user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:22  cr-count_hg38_Sample415
drwxrwxr-x@ 18.8 GB user1 user1 2020-08-09 17:19  cr-count_hg38_Sample416
drwxrwxr-x@   25 GB user1 user1 2020-08-09 17:54  cr-count_hg38_Sample417
drwxrwxr-x@ 22.2 GB user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:39  cr-count_hg38_Sample418
drwxrwxr-x@   20 GB user1 user1 2020-08-09 18:08  cr-count_hg38_Sample419

[mcondren]

I wanted to check in on this feature request. I tried to do this with ls but then found exa and this is the only missing feature that would make it perfect for me. Maybe I have strange workflows but 90% of the time I use exa or ls I am interested in directory sizes. I end up having to use du with individual folders which I don’t have to do for files. Would be amazing to see it all in one place.

[sklages]

@mcondren -

I wanted to check in on this feature request. I tried to do this with ls but then found exa and this is the only missing feature that would make it perfect for me. Maybe I have strange workflows but 90% of the time I use exa or ls I am interested in directory sizes. I end up having to use du with individual folders which I don’t have to do for files. Would be amazing to see it all in one place.

Alternatively you can use lsd which already has implemented this feature (and many more).