Linux du Command- File or Folder Size, Storage Capacity, Unix disk usage, cmd Example

Topic

What is Linux du Command?

Explanation

du COMMAND:
     du command is used to report how much disk space a file or directory occupies.

SYNTAX:
  The Syntax is
     du [options] directories

OPTIONS:

-a	Displays the usage of space that each file is taking up.
-k	Write the files size in units of 1024 bytes, rather than the default 512-byte units.
-s	Instead of the default output, report only the total sum for each of the specified files.
-L	Process symbolic links by using the file or directory which the symbolic link references, rather than the link itself.
-x	When evaluating file sizes, evaluate only those files that have the same device as the file specified by the file operand.

EXAMPLE:

du -a images

Output:

12      images/daisy.jpg
20      images/flo.gif
76      images/CHILD.gif
12      images/indigo.gif
152     images/flower.gif
12      images/sunflower.jpg
12      images/tulip-flower-clipart5.gif
12      images/flower.jpg
8       images/thumbnail.aspx
8       images/baby.jpg
12      images/woodpecker.gif
168     images/baby.gif
8       images/thumbnail.jpg
1012    images/house.bmp
12      images/peacock.gif
1544    images

Displays the size of each file in the specified directory.

```
du -s images
```
Output:
```
1544    images
```
Displays the total disk space used by the specified directory.
```
du -h
```
Output:
```
84K
```
Displays the current folder capacity.
```
du -h file1.php
```
Output:
```
8.0K file1.php
```
Displays the storage capacity of file1.php.

du Linux Commands