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All the information present in this article is available in the man pages for du and df. In case you get bored reading the man pages and you want to get your work done quickly, then this article is for you.\\ | All the information present in this article is available in the man pages for du and df. In case you get bored reading the man pages and you want to get your work done quickly, then this article is for you.\\ | ||
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- | ===== du - Finding the size of a directory | + | ---- |
+ | ==== 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 | ||
+ | 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 / | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ==== du - Finding the size of a directory ==== | ||
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$ du | $ du |
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