2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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# du
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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> Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and folder space usage.
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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- List the sizes of a folder and any subfolders, in the given unit (KB/MB/GB):
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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`du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/folder}}`
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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- List the sizes of a folder and any subfolders, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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`du -h {{path/to/folder}}`
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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- Show the size of a single folder, in human readable units:
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`du -sh {{path/to/folder}}`
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- List the human-readable sizes of a folder and of all the files and folders within it:
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-08-03 13:30:02 +02:00
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`du -ah {{path/to/folder}}`
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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- List the human-readable sizes of a folder and any subfolders, up to N levels deep:
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`du -h -d {{N}} {{path/to/folder}}`
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- List the human-readable size of all .jpg files in subfolders of the current folder, and show a cumulative total at the end:
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2014-02-10 21:27:59 +01:00
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2016-09-10 13:18:28 +02:00
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`du -ch */*.jpg`
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