du

System Info

Estimate file and directory space usage

Options & Flags

Available options for this command

-h

Human-readable format

-s

Display only total for each argument

-a

Show sizes for all files, not just directories

--max-depth=N

Limit directory depth to N levels

Examples

Common usage examples

Show total size of /var/log directory

du -sh /var/log

Show size of immediate subdirectories

du -h --max-depth=1

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