Linux Commands - du (Disk Usage)

03 Mar 2015

Disk Usage (du) is used to check information on disk usage of files and directories on a box.

Syntax - du <file_system>

Common du syntax

du -ah
du -ahc
du -hs * | sort -h
du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -n -r


-h = Human Readable Format
-s = Summary of Grand Total Disk Usage
-a = All Files and Directories
-c = Calculate Grand Total

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