bpb-kit/home/bin/findsize

#!/bin/sh

# findsize - get size in Kb (I think) for a given name pattern to find(1).
#
# USAGE:
#
#     findsize "*.jpg"
#
# find(1) options:
#   -iname "$1" does a case-insensitive name search for the pattern in $1
#   -print0 spits out null-delimited strings
#
# du(1) options:
#   -BK sets block size
#   --files0-from=- reads null-delimited filenames from stdin

find . -iname "$1" -print0 | du -BK --files0-from=- | awk '{ a += $1 } END { print a }'