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# du
> Estimate file space usage
- get a sum of the total size of a file/folder in human readable units
`du -sh {{file/directory}}`
- list file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in KB
`du -k {{file/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`