Check the size of Files that Matches a Pattern

How to check the total size of files matching a pattern. (Linux)

To find files along with their sizes, in a directory ( including sub-directories) matching a specific pattern,

Use the below command.

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1	find . -name "pattern" -ls

The 7th column shows the size of the file.
example

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1	find . -name "*20120127_0259.zip" -ls

22612310    8 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         4691 Jan 26 18:59 ./1789/stats_1789_1790_20120127_0259.zip
22612344   36 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        36293 Jan 26 18:59 ./1789/stats_1789_1797_20120127_0259.zip
22612348   80 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        77241 Jan 26 18:59 ./1789/stats_1789_1761_20120127_0259.zip
22612243    4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          884 Jan 26 18:59 ./1789/stats_1789_1818_20120127_0259.zip
13534698   32 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        30533 Jan 26 18:59 ./17/stats_17_9264_20120127_0259.zip
13534592   12 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        10037 Jan 26 18:59 ./17/stats_17_9289_20120127_0259.zip

To find the total size of all such files.

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1	find . -name "pattern" -ls | awk '{total += $7} END {print total}'

example

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1 2	find . -name "*20120127_0259.zip" -ls | awk '{total += $7} END {print total}' 1088968