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---
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syntax: markdown
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tags: [tldr, common]
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source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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---
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# du
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> Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/du>.
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- List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (B/KiB/MiB):
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`du -{{b|k|m}} {{path/to/directory}}`
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- List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):
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`du -h {{path/to/directory}}`
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- Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units:
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`du -sh {{path/to/directory}}`
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- List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it:
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`du -ah {{path/to/directory}}`
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- List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to N levels deep:
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`du -h --max-depth=N {{path/to/directory}}`
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- List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in subdirectories of the current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end:
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`du -ch {{*/*.jpg}}`
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