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--- how_to_find_the_size_of_folders [2023/11/08 23:19] – walkeradmin
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 ==== 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:
+<file>
+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
+</file>
+To see the combined size of these folders, I use:
+    du -h -s
+This gives me the output:
+G     .
+Lets say I am interested in how much is in the 'streamer' folder (staying in /home) I can just add a '*' at the end.
+    du -h -s *
+This gives:
+<file>
+K     nics
+.1M    openstack
+G     streamer
+</file>
+Lets use this command on the /home/streamer/bin folder:
+    cd /home/streamer/bin
+    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     825163 Aug  9 11:21 libos.so
+    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:
+G     .
+However, if I use the same with a star * at the end:
+<file>
+du -h -s *
+.3G    1080i
+.5G    avp.ts
+G     bbc
+M    CRa
+K    example
+M    itv
+.0K    kill_all_mpeg2ts_broadcaster.sh
+K    libos.so
+.4G    MK.ts
+K     mpeg2ts_broadcaster
+M    Oro4KTest.ts
+M    virgin
+.5G    zb
+</file>
+\\
+I could have done the same thing from say root by issuing the command:
+<file>
+du -h -s /home/streamer/bin/*
+.3G    /home/streamer/bin/1080i
+.5G    /home/streamer/bin/avp.ts
+G     /home/streamer/bin/bbc
+M    /home/streamer/bin/CRa
+K    /home/streamer/bin/example
+M    /home/streamer/bin/itv
+.0K    /home/streamer/bin/kill_all_mpeg2ts_broadcaster.sh
+K    /home/streamer/bin/libos.so
+.4G    /home/streamer/bin/MK.ts
+K     /home/streamer/bin/mpeg2ts_broadcaster
+M    /home/streamer/bin/Oro4KTest.ts
+M    /home/streamer/bin/virgin
+.5G    /home/streamer/bin/zb
+</file>
+\\
+\\
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 ==== du - Finding the size of a directory ====