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Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage.

Options (6)

-h, --human-readableboolean

List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size)

Example: du {{[-h|--human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}

boolean

Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units

Example: du {{[-sh|--summarize --human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}

boolean

List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it

Example: du {{[-ah|--all --human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-d, --max-depthboolean

List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to `n` levels deep

Example: du {{[-h|--human-readable]}} {{[-d|--max-depth]}} {{n}} {{path/to/directory}}

boolean

List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end

Example: du {{[-ch|--total --human-readable]}} *.jpg

-t, --thresholdboolean

List all files and directories (including hidden ones) above a certain threshold size (useful for investigating what is actually taking up the space)

Example: du {{[-ah|--all --human-readable]}} {{[-t|--threshold]}} {{1G|1024M|1048576K}} .[^.]* *

List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (B/KiB/MiB)

du -b|k|m path/to/directory

List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size)

du [-h|--human-readable] path/to/directory

Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units

du [-sh|--summarize --human-readable] path/to/directory

List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it

du [-ah|--all --human-readable] path/to/directory

List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to `n` levels deep

du [-h|--human-readable] [-d|--max-depth] n path/to/directory

List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end

du [-ch|--total --human-readable] *.jpg

List all files and directories (including hidden ones) above a certain threshold size (useful for investigating what is actually taking up the space)

du [-ah|--all --human-readable] [-t|--threshold] 1G|1024M|1048576K .[^.]* *