Viewing folder size

By Jamsi • Jan 24th, 2006 • Category: Linux

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

du -hs /path/to/folder

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Jamsi is currently studying a full time Bachelor of Computer/Business degree and working part time as an Internet Security Consultant.
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  1. Jonesy on February 2nd, 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…

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