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04/03/08

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Simple Command to Check Folder Size on Linux
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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

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