| layout | title | permalink | resource |
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page |
du |
/du/ |
true |
It stands for Disk Usage.
Try it with/without the -h (human readable) and -k options. It will count allocation units.
$ du -h
8.0K ./.git/refs/heads
4.0K ./.git/refs/tags
$ du -k
8 ./.git/refs/heads
4 ./.git/refs/tags
File size of a directory:
$ du -s -h Originals
198G Originals
To view the file size of a directory pass the -s option to the du command followed by the folder. This will print a grand total size for the folder to standard output. Along with the -h option a human readable format is possible.