How to refresh file listing in the Finder

I started imaging a partition onto a LaCie and the file showed up as being 20MB in the Finder. All throughout the imaging, 20 MB is all the Finder would show. Now that the image has completed, it's still showing 20 MB. Both Terminal and Get Info say the file is 28.61 GB, but the Finder still says it's 20 MB. I've tried closing the Finder and opening it again, navigating to other folders, and back again, but it still says that it's 20 MB. I can't see any "Refresh" menu item, either. What gives?

I've tried closing the Finder and opening it again
Try relaunching Finder. Hold down the Option key, then click and hold the Finder icon in the Dock. Select Relaunch. Or you can logout and login. Or restart.

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