Simple Command to Check Folder Size on Linux

Simple command to check folder size on Linux:

  •  du -ah FOLDER_NAME 
    where
    du - Disk Usage
    a - All Files
    h - Human Readable Format
    
  •  To get top level directory size, just use
     du -h FOLDER_NAME 
    
  • You can control depth of directories using --max-level
    du --max-depth=2 -h FOLDER_NAME
    

More Options:
du MAN PAGE