du

Estimate file and directory space usage.

Synopsis

du [options] [path]

Core Options

-h

Human-readable sizes.

-s

Summary only.

--max-depth N

Limit recursion depth.

-a

Show files as well as directories.

-x

Stay on one filesystem.

Usage Examples

Directory Summary

Total size of a folder.

du -sh ./logs

Top-level Breakdown

Sizes of immediate subfolders.

du -h --max-depth=1 ./

Include Files

Show file sizes too.

du -ah ./data | sort -h | tail
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