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    OSX doesn't have du -b and a different stat. Your script is not portable outside Linux either way. Commented Sep 1, 2011 at 22:49
  • With MacPorts on OS X you can install coreutils to get the GNU version of du as gdu. So its not exactly portable, but may be useful for people on OS X to get the GNU versions of a few core utils. Commented Nov 19, 2012 at 1:29