Does the Midnight Commander have an option to display actual dir sizes?

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i have plenty of empty directories and i wonder if there's a way to display actual direcory sizes (after some sort of scan maybe) in MC

Others already answered Ctrl-Space, but since you mention empty dirs, you may also find this non-MC tip useful: find . -type d -empty. Or even find . -depth -type d -empty -delete (but be careful: some empty dirs are important).

Paul · Answer 1 · 2011-03-13 16:53:19Z

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Just go to "Command" menu and select "Show directory sizes" in desired root directory.

answered Mar 13 '11 at 16:53

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i must have been blind. thanks a lot ;) – choseh Mar 14 '11 at 14:08

Sergey Vakulenko · Answer 2 · 2012-06-06 20:59:36Z

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press ctrl + space on current directory and this will show it size. Also you can use visual select to apply this command on multiply items.

answered Jun 6 '12 at 20:59

Sergey Vakulenko
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That is right!! – gavenkoa Sep 23 '12 at 9:53

Dennis Williamson · Answer 3 · 2011-03-13 13:45:05Z

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I would use gt5 for that.

answered Mar 13 '11 at 13:45

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