http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/11/16/unixtrix-calculate-size-of-all-files-of-given-extension/ Software studies, technical communication, writing studies, web accessibility, and new media. Life with my girls. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/11/16/unixtrix-calculate-size-of-all-files-of-given-extension/#comment-18885 cbd Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:04:11 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/11/16/unixtrix-calculate-size-of-all-files-of-given-extension/#comment-18885 Yeah, I can fiddle with Spotlight to do the same search (add the search location, then search for "Name Ends With AVI"), but I (a) I have to be logged in as the right user, not working remotely; (b) every time I want to recalculate, I have to tweak Spotlight to get it to refresh, then re-select all the results and cmd-I for a total. Up-arrow+ enter works much better, and more quickly. Yeah, I can fiddle with Spotlight to do the same search (add the search location, then search for “Name Ends With AVI”), but I (a) I have to be logged in as the right user, not working remotely; (b) every time I want to recalculate, I have to tweak Spotlight to get it to refresh, then re-select all the results and cmd-I for a total. Up-arrow+ enter works much better, and more quickly.

]]> http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/11/16/unixtrix-calculate-size-of-all-files-of-given-extension/#comment-18884 Jeff Watkins Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:59:05 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/11/16/unixtrix-calculate-size-of-all-files-of-given-extension/#comment-18884 Gosh, that seems so much easier than switch to Finder, type cmd-F, change kind to movies... Gosh, that seems so much easier than switch to Finder, type cmd-F, change kind to movies…

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