Examples
Sum of directories in kilobytes:
$ du -sk * 152304 directoryOne 1856548 directoryTwoSum of directories in human-readable format (Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte):
$ du -sh * 149M directoryOne 1.8G directoryTwodisk usage of all subdirectories and files including hidden files within the current directory (sorted by filesize) :
$ du -sk .* *| sort -ndisk usage of all subdirectories and files including hidden files within the current directory (sorted by reverse filesize) :
$ du -sk .* *| sort -nrThe weight (size) of directories:
$ du -d 1 -c -hThe weight (size) of subdirectories under the root directory /, without traversing into other filesystems. Useful when /var /tmp or other directories are on separate storage from the root directory:
$ du -d 1 -c -h -x / or with du from GNU: $ du --max-depth=1 -c -h -x /Read more about this topic: Du (Unix)
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