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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_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`