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# du

> Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/du-invocation.html>.

- List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (B/KiB/MiB):

`du -{{b|k|m}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):

`du {{[-h|--human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units:

`du {{[-sh|--summarize --human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it:

`du {{[-ah|--all --human-readable]}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to `n` levels deep:

`du {{[-h|--human-readable]}} {{[-d|--max-depth]}} {{n}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end:

`du {{[-ch|--total --human-readable]}} *.jpg`

- List all files and directories (including hidden ones) above a certain threshold size (useful for investigating what is actually taking up the space):

`du {{[-ah|--all --human-readable]}} {{[-t|--threshold]}} {{1G|1024M|1048576K}} .[^.]* *`
