Viewing folder size

Ever wanted to find the size of a folder under Linux (console)?

du -hs /path/to/folder

One Response to “Viewing folder size”

1. Jonesy says:

   February 2, 2006 at 8:30 am

   I find this one even more handy:

   du -h –max-depth=1 /path/to/folder

   It shows you the sizes off all folders in a directory.
   Very handy to find out what’s using all the space on your hard disks…