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<code>[[wikipedia:Du_(Unix)|du]]</code> (disk usage) Unix and [[Linux]] command used to display [[file space usage]].
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* https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/du.1.html
  
  
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== Examples ==
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* <code>du</code>
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* <code>[[du -hs]]</code>
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* <code>du -hs *</code>
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* <code>du -hs * 2>[[/dev/null]]</code>
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* <code>[[du -hs -- *]]  2>[[/dev/null]]</code>
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* <code>du -hs -- /path/to/your/dir/*</code>
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* <code>du -hs /path/to/file</code>
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* <code>du -hs /path/to/directory</code>
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* <code>[[du -hs]] [[/var/lib/]]* | sort --human-numeric-sort -rk1</code>
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* <code>du -h --apparent-size /path/to/file_or_directory</code>
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* <code>du -hs --apparent-size</code>
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du -hs [[/var/cache/apt/archives/]]
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du -hs [[/var/log/]]
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du -hs [[/var/lib/snapd/cache/]]
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du -hs [[/var/lib/snapd/snaps/]]
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du -hs [[/var/lib/apt/lists/]]
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[[macOS]]:
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[[du -hs /Users/*/brew/]]
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== Related terms ==
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* [[Disk space usage]]
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* <code>[[No space left on device]]</code>
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* <code>[[ncdu]]</code>
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* <code>[[df]]</code> (disk free) to show [[file system]] disk space
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* <code>[[find . -ls]] 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more</code>
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* <code>[[docker volume ls]]</code>
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* <code>[[sar -F]]</code>
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* [[Node exporter]] ([[Prometheus]]) and [[Zabbix agent]] exposes filesystem statistics, such as disk space used.
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* <code>[[sync]]</code>
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[[rclone size]]
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* <code>[[SELECT pg_database_size('your_db_name');]]</code>
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* <code>[[\du]]</code> ([[PostgreSQL]]) for listing users
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* <code>[[gsutil du]]</code>
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* <code>[[aws s3 ls]] s3://your-bucket --recursive --human-readable --summarize</code>
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* <code>[[docker buildx du]]</code>
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* <code>[[docker buildx du --verbose]]</code>
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==Activities ==
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* <code>[[Chgrp, chmod, chown, chcon, du, rm performance information]]</code>
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== See also ==
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* {{proc}}
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* {{Linux filesystem commands}}
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* {{du}}
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* {{ls}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 25 January 2024

du (disk usage) Unix and Linux command used to display file space usage.


Examples[edit]

  • du -h --apparent-size /path/to/file_or_directory
  • du -hs --apparent-size


du -hs /var/cache/apt/archives/
du -hs /var/log/
du -hs /var/lib/snapd/cache/
du -hs /var/lib/snapd/snaps/
du -hs /var/lib/apt/lists/

macOS: 

du -hs /Users/*/brew/

Related terms[edit]

rclone size

Activities[edit]

See also[edit]

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