added a script to display the amount of space used by a folder, how much space each of the subdirectories is using and how many files are in each

folder_metrics.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if a directory is provided as an argument
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Calculate the disk usage of the directory and its children
+echo "Disk usage for directory: $1"
+echo "---------------------------------"
+du -sh "$1"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Subdirectories and their usage:"
+echo "---------------------------------"
+du -sh "$1"/*
+
+echo ""
+echo "Number of files in each subdirectory:"
+echo "---------------------------------"
+for dir in "$1"/*; do
+  if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+    file_count=$(find "$dir" -type f | wc -l)
+    echo "$dir: $file_count files"
+  fi
+done