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du - estimate file space usage
du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.
- -a, --all
- write
counts for all files, not just directories
- --block-size=SIZE
- use SIZE-byte
blocks
- -b, --bytes
- print size in bytes
- -c, --total
- produce a grand total
- -D, --dereference-args
- dereference PATHs when symbolic link
- -h, --human-readable
- print sizes in human
readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
- -H, --si
- likewise, but use powers of 1000
not 1024
- -k, --kilobytes
- like --block-size=1024
- -l, --count-links
- count sizes many
times if hard linked
- -L, --dereference
- dereference all symbolic links
- -m, --megabytes
- like --block-size=1048576
- -S, --separate-dirs
- do not include size of subdirectories
- -s, --summarize
- display only a total for each argument
- -x, --one-file-system
- skip
directories on different filesystems
- -X
- FILE, --exclude-from=FILE Exclude
files that match any pattern in FILE.
- --exclude=PAT
- Exclude files that match
PAT.
- --max-depth=N
- print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only
if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument; --max-depth=0
is the same as --summarize
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output
version information and exit
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
The full documentation for du is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and du programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info du
should give you access to the complete manual.
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