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==== Better Examples ==== | ==== Better Examples ==== | ||
+ | To find the size of a directory that you are currently in | ||
+ | du -h -s | ||
+ | For example, here is the contents of my home folder: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 90 Aug 9 11:05 nics | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 135 Nov 8 18:22 openstack | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Aug 9 11:12 streamer | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | To see the combined size of these folders, I use: | ||
+ | du -h -s | ||
+ | This gives me the output: | ||
+ | 30G . | ||
+ | Lets say I am interested in how much is in the ' | ||
+ | du -h -s * | ||
+ | This gives: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | 12K nics | ||
+ | 1.1M openstack | ||
+ | 30G | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | Lets use this command on the / | ||
+ | cd / | ||
+ | ll | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 128 Aug 9 11:15 1080i | ||
+ | -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2636986136 Aug 9 11:21 avp.ts | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 44 Aug 9 11:15 bbc | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 192 Aug 9 11:18 CRa | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 67 Aug 9 11:18 example | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 63 Aug 9 11:18 itv | ||
+ | -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 87 Aug 9 11:21 kill_all_mpeg2ts_broadcaster.sh | ||
+ | -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 15:53 MK.ts | ||
+ | -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 17387 Aug 9 11:21 mpeg2ts_broadcaster | ||
+ | -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 813563044 Aug 9 11:21 Oro4KTest.ts | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 105 Aug 9 11:19 virgin | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 11:20 zb | ||
+ | Now I use the following: | ||
+ | du -h -s | ||
+ | The output is: | ||
+ | 30G . | ||
+ | However, if I use the same with a star * at the end: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | du -h -s * | ||
+ | 1.3G 1080i | ||
+ | 2.5G avp.ts | ||
+ | 15G bbc | ||
+ | 502M CRa | ||
+ | 832K example | ||
+ | 576M itv | ||
+ | 4.0K kill_all_mpeg2ts_broadcaster.sh | ||
+ | 808K libos.so | ||
+ | 2.4G MK.ts | ||
+ | 20K | ||
+ | 776M Oro4KTest.ts | ||
+ | 554M virgin | ||
+ | 7.5G zb | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | I could have done the same thing from say root by issuing the command: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | du -h -s / | ||
- | + | 1.3G / | |
- | + | 2.5G / | |
- | + | 15G / | |
- | + | 502M / | |
+ | 832K / | ||
+ | 576M / | ||
+ | 4.0K / | ||
+ | 808K / | ||
+ | 2.4G / | ||
+ | 20K / | ||
+ | 776M / | ||
+ | 554M / | ||
+ | 7.5G / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
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==== du - Finding the size of a directory ==== | ==== du - Finding the size of a directory ==== |
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