Re: du's apparent-size options doesnt display correct file size.

[Pádraig Brady]

On 31/01/2022 09:28, chomwitt@posteo.de wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I've installed coreutils (8.32-4) in my Devuan system.
>
>   
> $ echo 'abc' > 3charfile.txt
>
> $ du -h 3charfile.txt
> 4.0K    3charfile.txt
>
> $ du --apparent-size  3charfile.txt
> 1       3charfile.txt
>
>
> $ echo 'abcdefghijkl' > 12charfile.txt
> chomwitt@enous:~/tmp$ wc -c 12charfile.txt
> 13 12charfile.txt
> chomwitt@enous:~/tmp$ du --apparent-size  12charfile.txt
> 1       12charfile.txt
>
> So my question is , shouldnt du report the number of chars=bytes as
> apparent size?
>
> chomwitt

Please see the --bytes option