'ls -l' question

From: Vejux Florent <vejux_at_altair.u-bourgogne.fr>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 11:36:24 +0100

Hello all! :)

        I d like to know what indicate the nummber just after the word total
when we do 'ls -l'?
Here is an example:
altair.u-bourgogne.fr> ls -l
total 20
-rw------- 1 vejux prof 6069 Nov 24 09:50 Notes
drwx------ 6 vejux prof 512 Oct 20 10:21 TRAVAUX
-rw------- 1 vejux prof 7822 Oct 13 09:17
alpha_mailing_list.txt
drwxr-x--- 2 vejux prof 512 Nov 24 09:22 bin
d--------- 2 vejux prof 512 Nov 5 17:47 core
-rw------- 1 vejux prof 209 Nov 24 16:59 dead.letter
drwx------ 2 vejux prof 512 Nov 26 10:41 nsmail
drwx------ 2 vejux prof 512 Nov 26 11:08 temp
====> what is the meaning of 20??

Florent VEJUX
IUT de Dijon
Received on Thu Nov 26 1998 - 10:36:09 NZDT

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