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

This code is tested. You can check it again.

@ECHO OFF
CLS
SETLOCAL
::Get a number of lines contain "File(s)" to a mytmp file in TEMP location.
DIR /S /-C | FIND "bytes" | FIND /V "free" | FIND /C "File(s)" >%TEMP%\mytmp
SET /P nline=<%TEMP%\mytmp
SET nline=[%nline%]
::-------------------------------------
DIR /S /-C | FIND "bytes" | FIND /V "free" | FIND /N "File(s)" | FIND "%nline%" >%TEMP%\mytmp1
SET /P mainline=<%TEMP%\mytmp1
CALL SET size=%mainline:~29,15%
ECHO %size%
ENDLOCAL
PAUSE

Answer 2

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%"

➪

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

Answer 3

Here comes a powershell code I write to list size and file count for all folders under current directory. Feel free to re-use or modify per your need.

$FolderList = Get-ChildItem -Directory
foreach ($folder in $FolderList)
{
    set-location $folder.FullName
    $size = Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Measure-Object -Sum Length
    $info = $folder.FullName + "    FileCount: " + $size.Count.ToString() + "   Size: " + [math]::Round(($size.Sum / 1GB),4).ToString() + " GB"
    write-host $info
}

Answer 4

I recommend to use https://github.com/aleksaan/diskusage utility. Very simple and helpful. And very fast.

Just type in a command shell

diskusage.exe -path 'd:/go; d:/Books'

and get list of folders arranged by size

  1.| DIR: d:/go      | SIZE: 325.72 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  2.| DIR: d:/Books   | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 

This example was executed at 272ms on HDD.

You can increase depth of subfolders to analyze, for example:

diskusage.exe -path 'd:/go; d:/Books' -depth 2

and get sizes not only for selected folders but also for its subfolders

  1.| DIR: d:/go            | SIZE: 325.72 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  2.| DIR: d:/go/pkg        | SIZE: 212.88 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  3.| DIR: d:/go/src        | SIZE:  62.57 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  4.| DIR: d:/go/bin        | SIZE:  30.44 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  5.| DIR: d:/Books/Chess   | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  6.| DIR: d:/Books         | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  7.| DIR: d:/go/api        | SIZE:   6.41 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  8.| DIR: d:/go/test       | SIZE:   5.11 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  9.| DIR: d:/go/doc        | SIZE:   4.00 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
 10.| DIR: d:/go/misc       | SIZE:   3.82 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
 11.| DIR: d:/go/lib        | SIZE: 358.25 Kb   | DEPTH: 2 

* 3.5Tb on the server has been scanned for 3m12s

Answer 5

I think your only option will be diruse (a highly supported 3rd party solution):

Get file/directory size from command line

The Windows CLI is unfortuntely quite restrictive, you could alternatively install Cygwin which is a dream to use compared to cmd. That would give you access to the ported Unix tool du which is the basis of diruse on windows.

Sorry I wasn't able to answer your questions directly with a command you can run on the native cli.