du (disk usage) command

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du (disk usage) Unix and Linux command used to display file space usage.


Examples

  • du
  • du -hs
  • du -hs *
  • du -hs * 2>/dev/null
  • du -hs -- *
  • du -hs -- /path/to/your/dir/*
  • du -hs /path/to/file
  • du -hs /path/to/directory
  • du -hs /var/lib/* | sort --human-numeric-sort -rk1
  • du -h --apparent-size /path/to/file_or_directory
  • du -hs --apparent-size


du -hs /var/cache/apt/archives/
du -hs /var/log/
du -hs /var/lib/snapd/cache/
du -hs /var/lib/snapd/snaps/
du -hs /var/lib/apt/lists/

macOS:

du -hs /Users/*/brew/

Related terms

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Activities

See also

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