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What does 'total' mean in "ls" command output ?

What does 'total' mean in "ls" command output ?

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> ls -la

> total 8

> drwxr-xr-x 2 fajar users 4096 2006-11-06 11:12 .

> drwxr-xr-x 3 fajar users 4096 2006-11-06 11:12 ..

> What 'total 8' stands for?

> Thank you very much.


That is the total number of file system blocks, including indirect

blocks, used by the listed files. 

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