Name
du
Synopsis
du [options
] [directories
]
Prints disk usage (as the number of 512-byte blocks used by each named directory and its subdirectories; default is current directory).
Options
- -a
Print usage for all files, not just subdirectories.
- -c
In addition to normal output, print grand total of all arguments.
-
-d
depth
Summarize usage for each directory at most
depth
directories down.- -H
Follow symbolic links, but only if they are command-line arguments.
- -h
Human-readable output, with units spelled out: bytes, kilobytes, etc.
-
-I
mask
Ignore entries matching
mask
.- -k
Print sizes in kilobytes.
- -L
Follow symbolic links.
- -P
Don’t follow any symbolic links.
- -s
Print a total for each file specified.
- -x, --one-file-system
Display usage of files in current filesystem only.
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