#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import os.path if __name__ == '__main__': output = sys.argv[1] size_sum = 0 for filename in sys.argv[2:]: if os.path.exists(filename): size_sum += os.path.getsize(filename) else: sys.stderr.write('write_file_size.py: {0}: No such file or directory\n'.format(filename)) sys.exit(1) with open(output, 'w') as f: f.write(str(size_sum))