Name
du — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
du [options
] [files
|directories
]
The du
(disk usage) command
measures the disk space occupied by files or directories. By
default, it measures the current directory and all its
subdirectories, printing totals in blocks for each, with a grand
total at the bottom.
$ du 8 ./Notes 36 ./Mail 340 ./Files/mine 40 ./Files/bob 416 ./Files 216 ./PC 2404 .
It can also measure the size of files:
$ du myfile myfile2 4 myfile 16 myfile2
Useful options
|
Measure usage in bytes. |
|
Measure usage in kilobytes. |
|
Measure usage in megabytes. |
|
Display sizes in
blocks that you define, where 1 block =
|
|
Print in
human-readable units. For example, if two directories are of
size 1 gigabyte or 25 kilobytes, respectively, |
|
Print a total in the
last line. This is the default behavior when measuring a
directory, but for measuring individual files, provide
|
|
Follow symbolic links and measure the files they point to. |
|
Print only the total size. |
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