tldr/pages/linux/du.md

# du

> Estimate file space usage.

- Get a sum of the total size of a file/folder in human readable units:

`du -sh {{file_or_directory}}`

- List file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in KB:

`du -k {{file_or_directory}}`

- List file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in MB:

`du -m {{file_or_directory}}`

- Get recursively, individual file/folder sizes in human readable form:

`du -ah {{directory}}`

- List the KB sizes of directories for N levels below the specified directory:

`du --max-depth=N`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00			`# du`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Estimate file space usage.`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Get a sum of the total size of a file/folder in human readable units:`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
Change {{file/directory}} to {{file_or_directory}} 2016-01-19 10:43:40 +00:00			`du -sh {{file_or_directory}}`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
Split `du -m` 2016-01-14 13:46:56 +00:00			`- List file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in KB:`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
Change {{file/directory}} to {{file_or_directory}} 2016-01-19 10:43:40 +00:00			`du -k {{file_or_directory}}`
Split `du -m` 2016-01-14 13:46:56 +00:00
			`- List file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in MB:`

Change {{file/directory}} to {{file_or_directory}} 2016-01-19 10:43:40 +00:00			`du -m {{file_or_directory}}`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Get recursively, individual file/folder sizes in human readable form:`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
			`du -ah {{directory}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List the KB sizes of directories for N levels below the specified directory:`
Moved du back seperate pages for linux/osx because GNU has --max-depth, BSD has -d Edited the examples to always explicitly specify unit as previous examples allowed return of block units which is probably not what your average user wants. 2014-02-10 20:27:59 +00:00
du: Fix argument inconsistency 2015-12-25 06:38:01 +00:00			`du --max-depth=N`